9 Appendix A For MS-DOS users This short appendix is intended for readers who are already familiar with one or more computer systems. If you are familiar with some other computer system, you may prefer to leap in, without looking through the manual. Experienced MS-DOS and U NIX users should have little difficulty, although many commands are different. Please remember however that you will not be able to make fully effective use of this system until you know the facilities available. This manual contains a complete list of all commands, with their syntax, and examples. Common commands help Lists allcommands. Followedby command names, it tells how to use those commands.
dirs Short list of files and directories. copy Copies source to destination, for files and devices. type View contents of a file. cd Change from one disk or directory to another. mkdir Make a new directory. delete Delete a file, or multiple files, or empty directories. xpath Tells which directories to search for programs. rename Changes the name of a file within a directory. move Changes the name of a file within a disk. cat Copies multiple files and device inputs to standard output. m... Monitorcommands,fordebugging,andmanipulatingmemory. Command line 1616/OS uses a command line, similar toMS-DOS and U NIX , however floppydrives are named /f0 , /f1 , hard drives are /h0 , /h1 .
You always have a ram drive /rd , whose size is usually set by the mrdrivers file in your boot disk. Disks, directories and subdirectories use the slash / as a divider (like U NIX , unlike MS-DOS slosh). Input andoutput redirection is available using , > , while >> appends to an existing file. The standard error output can also be redirected using } , and }} . Appendix A User Tutorial Manual Page 99