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Easily into DOS

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  • © 1989
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Authors:
  1. Peter Gosling
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Part of the book series: Macmillan Modern Office Series (MMOS)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. About this Book

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 1-1

  3. What is DOS?

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 2-3

  4. File names and extensions, the DIR command, DIR/W, DIR/P, changing disks, wildcards

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 4-11

  5. The COPY command

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 12-15

  6. The DEL command

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 16-18

  7. Directories, sub-directories, the CD command, the MD command, the RMDIR command

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 19-23

  8. The DATE, TIME, TYPE and REN commands

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 24-29

  9. Changing the DOS prompt using PROMPT

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 30-32

  10. The FORMAT program, FORMAT/S, FORMAT/V, FORMAT/B and the SYS program

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 33-37

  11. The DISKCOPY program, the DISKCOMP program

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 38-40

  12. The CHKDSK program, CHKDSK/F

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 41-44

  13. The EDLIN line editor, editing, listing and creating files using EDLIN

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 45-49

  14. The TREE program, TREE/F, the MORE filter

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 50-54

  15. Using SORT, sorting directories, sorting a file

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 55-59

  16. Creating a batch file, using EDLIN to create a batch file, using COPY CON to create a batch file, running a batch file, the AUTOEXEC file

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 60-64

  17. Editing DOS command lines

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 65-67

  18. Common DOS Error Messages

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 68-68

  19. Summary of DOS External Commands

    • Peter Gosling
    Pages 69-70

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 71-71
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An account of the main features of the PC Disk Operating System. Using exercises and guided instructions, the author concentrates on the skills needed for effective "housekeeping" on a PC showing how different actions produce different results and how to get the best out of an operating system.

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