stem and Do

py B
This File
copv
two different names DEL for delete
This it one command but with
Et or DELEUE:
either n a m e , it will throw
a file away We can
also erase one or

o r erasender wild cards But one has to be very

careful while using wilds

es
at a time using
erase all the hles as mentioned in the specification
t will

Banye

del

with
imimeliateiy repiies
dos
?
SURE (Y/N)
ARE YOU
But for all other filk deletionn
in a
reply Y (yes).
w s t delete any
tic uniess we type
and
without any waiting
cummands proceeds

Esampic
craw comniana.acom

the
any command to recover files that have been erased,
TXOS does not give
Although by special
disk which can be recuvered
available on the
erased files will be still
data from
Tools or N o r t o n s Ctulities
iike P'ersonal Computer
utility programs

412.2
Extenal Commands
sometimes called utilities tor
commands, which are also
are many external
There
very usetul and important
lew commands which
are
MS-DOS But there are a

example:
aFORMAT
bj DISk COPY

CHKDSK

i EORMAT
command is used t a do the nost basic preparation of a disk tor use It is the
The format
on a Diank Sheet i paper to make possible later to
it

cquivalent of drawinE gueines

nis command also knows how t o recognise the bad patches
Write eveny on the
paper
safety tence atound them It also reports the size of bad patches
and p
the dtetent switches which can be used in tormat command
are
The tollwing
 interilu
most usetul are Al othet Comm
been
fe. they
are

ntil they
has Since

in the disk
m e : l

DOS
once
commands
kept are
time

INTERNAL
RESIDENT
E X T E R N A L
and thev
are

requine
called out commands a n0tation
out
c o m m a n d s

are to carry
1O5
programs

tor asking tormat

a s i c format
of
or a
command.
standard
format
commands. ds. The bbasic
Ihe dis:
is a
There
supposed
to
enter

it any
Switches, if anny
are P a r a m e t e r s ,

we
the way COMMAND-NAME

d:
name
device
the
d:
indicate
indicate
vwhat is to be done
COMMAND-NAME
is to be performed on
command

what the
indicate
P A R A M E T E R S

is to be done.
S W I T C H E S
indicate how it

Commands
DOS
4.12 Elementary
4.12.1 Resident/Internal Commands

a) DATE
(b) TIME

DIRECTORY
DIR or
(c
(d) CLS

c) VOL or VOLUME
VERSION
( VER or
REN or RENAME
g)
h) TYPE

(i) COPY

DEL or DELETE
()
()ERASE

Ma) The date Command

the current data and allows change it.
To see date
The date comnand displays vou to

the following command: