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Welcome to Free-DOS Help. In using Free-DOS, you will find many commands
found in MS-DOS. Here is a list of commands found in Free-DOS.
ANSI.SYS
Append
Assign
Attrib
BW-Basic
Chcp
Chkdsk
Cls
Command
Comp
Copy
Ctty
Date
Debug
Del
Deltree
Diskcomp
Diskcopy
Edit
Emm386
Exe2Bin
Fastopen
Fasthelp
Fc
FCDEX
Fdisk
FDXMS.SYS
Find
Format
Graphics
Graftabl
Help
HTML Help
Join
XKeyb
Label
Loadhi
Mem
Mkdir
Mode
More
Move
NLSFunc
Pause
Print
Recover
Rmdir
Scandisk
Setver
Share
Sort
Subst
TDSK
Time
Tree
Type
Undelete
Unformat
Ver
Verify
Vol
XCopy
ANSI.SYS
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VERSION: 3.3
COMPILER:
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Dan Kegel
Append
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DATE: 16.Feb.1998
VERSION: 1.4
COMPILER: Micro-C 3.13, Borland C 3.1+
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Steffen Kaiser
Allows programs to access data files as if they were in the current
directory.
The specified directories are called appended directories because, for
the the sake of opening data files, they can be found as if they were
appended to the current directory.
Syntax: APPEND [[drive:]path[/C...]] [/E]
APPEND /C
[drive:]path Specifies a drive and directory to append
/E Stores a copy of the appended directory list in an
environment table named APPEND. /E may be used only the
first time you use APPEND after restarting your system
Type APPEND /C to clear the appended directory list
Type APPEND without parameters to display the appended directories
Assign
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VERSION: 1.4
COMPILER: Micro-C 3.13, Borland C 3.1+
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Steffen Kaiser
Attrib
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DATE: 03.Sep.1998
VERSION: 0.63
COMPILER: Turbo C 3.0
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Phil Brutsche
Changes the attributes of a file.
This command displays, sets, or removes the Read-Only, Archive, System,
and Hidden attributes assigned to files or directories.
Syntax: ATTRIB [filename]
filename The name of the file whose attribute you want to change
Example:
C:\>attrib logon.exe
Change to: (A)rchive (H)idden (R)ead Only (S)ystem
r
C:>_
That example changes the file LOGON.EXE's attribute to Read Only.
You can type ATTRIB without parameters to display the attributes of all
the files in the directory.
Example:
C:\>attrib
A COUNTRY.TXT
A NETWORKS.TXT
R LOGON.EXE
H EXDOS.SYS
C:\>_
BW-Basic
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DATE: Nov 1993
VERSION: 2.10
COMPILER: C
LICENSE: Free
MAINTAINER: Ted A. Campbell
Chcp
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Chkdsk
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DATE: 27.Aug.1995
VERSION: 0.59
COMPILER: MS C
LICENSE: public domain
MAINTAINER: Dennis Cox
Displays a status report about your system.
Syntax: CHKDSK
Cls
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DATE: 25.Aug.1998
VERSION: 2.0
COMPILER: Borland C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Jim Hall
Clears the screen.
Syntax: CLS
Command
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DATE: 07.Aug.1998
VERSION: 0.75
COMPILER: C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Rob Lake and John Price
Starts another instance of the command interpreter.
A command interpreter is a program that lets you type commands. Use the
EXIT command to stop the new command interpreter and return control to
the old one.
Syntax: COMMAND [[drive:]path] [device] [/E:nnnnn] [/Y [/C command|
/K command]]
In your CONFIG.SYS file, use the following syntax:
SHELL=[[DOS-drive:]DOS-path]COMMAND.COM [[drive:]path][device]
[/E:nnnnn] [/P [/MSG]]
drive:path
Specifies the directory in which the command interpeter is to look
for the COMMAND.COM file when the transient part of the program
needs to be reloaded. This parameter must be included when loading
COMMAND.COM for the first time if the COMMAND.COM file is not located
in the root directory. This parameter is used to set the COMPSPEC
environment variable.
device
Specifies a different device for command input and output.
DOS-drive:DOS-path
Specifies the location of the COMMAND.COM file.
/C command
Specifies that the command interpreter is to perform the specified
command and then ext. This switch must be the last switch on the
command line.
/E:nnnnn
Specifies the environment size, where nnnnn is the size in bytes.
The value of nnnnn must be in the range of 160 to 32768. Free-DOS
rounds this number up to a multiple of 16 bytes. The default value
is 256.
/K command
Runs the specified command, program, or batch program and then
displays the Free-DOS command prompt. This switch must be the last
switch on the COMMAND command line.
/P
Should be used only when COMMAND is used with the SHELL command in
the CONFIG.SYS file. The /P switch makes the new copy of the
command interpreter permanent. In this case, the EXIT command
cannot be used to stop the command interpreter. If you specify
/P, Free-DOS runs your AUTOEXEC.BAT file before displaying the
command prompt. If there is no AUTOEXEC.BAT file in the root
directory of the startup drive, Free-DOS carries out the DATE and
TIME commands instead. If you do not have a SHELL command in your
CONFIG.SYS file, COMMAND.COM is automatically loaded from the root
directory with the /P switch.
/MSG
Specifies that all error messages should be stored in memory.
Usually, some messages are stored only on disk. This switch is
useful only if you are running Free-DOS from floppy disks. You must
specify the /P switch when you use the /MSG switch.
/Y
Directs COMMAND.COM to step through the batch file specified by
the /C or /K switches. This switch is useful for debugging batch
files.
Comp
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DATE: 19.Sep.1995
VERSION: ?
COMPILER: ASM
LICENSE: Free
MAINTAINER: Paul Vojta
Compares two sets of files and displays the differences or similarities
between them.
Syntax: COMP filename1 filename2
filename1 The name of the first file to compare
filename2 The name of the second file to compare
Example:
C:\>comp xbasic.exe drives.exe
Copy
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DATE: 16.Feb.1998
VERSION: 3.00
COMPILER: C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Marty Peritsky
Copies a file or files to another location.
This command can be used to combine files. When more than one file is
copied, Free-DOS displays each filename as the file is copied.
Syntax: COPY source destination
source The file(s) that are to be copied
destination Where the files are going to be copied to. Source must
consist of the path as well as the filename.
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Date
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DATE: Dec 1994
VERSION: 1.0
COMPILER: MS Quick-C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Jim Hall
Displays the date and prompts you to change the date if necessary.
Free-DOS records the current date for each file you create or change;
this date is listed next to the filename in the directory.
Syntax: DATE [mm/dd/yy]
mm/dd/yy The new month, date and year. The values must be separated
using the '/'.
mm 1 through 12
dd 1 through 31
yy 80 through 99 or 1980 through 2099
Type DATE without parameters to display the current system date.
See also:
Time
Debug
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DATE: 12.Oct.1997
VERSION: 0.95
COMPILER: ASM
LICENSE: Free
MAINTAINER: Paul Vojta
Del
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DATE: 27.Jul.1998
VERSION: 2.0
COMPILER: Borland C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Jim Hall
Deletes a file or files.
Syntax: DEL filename [/P]
filename The name of the file that is to be deleted
/P Prompts you for confirmation upon deletion of the file
You can use wildcards (*.*) to delete all of the files in the current
directory.
Deltree
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DATE: 22.Aug.1998
VERSION: 1.0A
COMPILER: A86
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Charles Dye
Deletes a directory tree as well as all files and subdirectories in it.
Syntax: DELTREE [/Y] [/V] filename [filename...] [/?]',0d,0a
/Y Delete specified items without prompting for confirmation',0d,0a
/V Report counts and totals when finished',0d,0a
/? Displays this help message',0d,0a
You can also use DELTREE for deleting files.
Diskcomp
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DATE: 26.Sep.1998
VERSION: 1.0
COMPILER: Borland C/ASM
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Jeremiah Gowdy
Diskcopy
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DATE: 28.Jun.1998
VERSION: 1.0
COMPILER: C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Matthew Stanford
Edit
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DATE: 27.Jul.1998
VERSION: 0.2Beta
COMPILER: Borland C 3.1
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Shaun Raven
Starts the Free-DOS Editor, an text editor that lets you edit ASCII text
files.
Free-DOS Editor is a full-screen text editor that allows you to create,
edit, save, and print ASCII text files. Using Free-DOS Editor, you can
choose commands from menus and specify information and preferences in
dialog boxes. Free-DOS Editor includes extensive online Help about
Free-DOS editor techniques and commands.
Syntax: EDIT [drive:][path][filename]
[drive:][path][filename]
Upon starting the Editor, you can specify a filename to open instead
of going to File³Open.
Emm386
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DATE: 09.Dec.1995
VERSION: 1.0?
COMPILER: Borland C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Raevski Maxim
Exe2Bin
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Fastopen
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Starts the Fastopen program, which improves performance on computers
with large directories. Fastopen decreases the amount of time that
Free-DOS takes to open frequently used files.
Fastopen tracks the location of files on hard disk and stores them in
memory for fast access.
Syntax: FASTOPEN drive:[[=]n] [drive:[[n][...]] [/X]
drive: Specifies a hard disk drive for which you want Fastopen to
track the opening of files.
n Specifies the number of file Fastopen can work with at the same
time. Valid values are in the range 10 through 999. The
default value is 48.
/X Creates the name cache in expanded memory instead of in
conventional memory. The name cache is an area of memory in
which Free-DOS stores (caches) the locations and names of the
files that you open.
Fasthelp
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DATE: 15.Aug.1997
VERSION: 1.0
COMPILER: TP 7.0
LICENSE: Express Software Public License
MAINTAINER: Joseph Cosentino
Provides help information for Free-DOS commands.
Syntax: FASTHELP [command]
command A command you want help on
Example:
C:\>fasthelp cls
Clears the screen.
Syntax: CLS
If you type FASTHELP without parameters, a list will be displayed of
each of the Free-DOS commands with a brief description of each.
Fc
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DATE: 19.Sep.1998
VERSION: 1.0
COMPILER: C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Jeremiah Gowdy
FCDEX
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DATE: 12.May.1997
VERSION: 1.3
COMPILER: MASM/MSC
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Peter Fedorow
Fdisk
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DATE: 20.Sep.1995
VERSION: 0.4Alpha
COMPILER: Micro-C
LICENSE: Free
MAINTAINER: Chris Stratford
FDXMS.SYS
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DATE: 10.Nov.1995
VERSION: 0.1
COMPILER: ASM
LICENSE: Free
MAINTAINER: Till Gerken
Find
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DATE: Dec 1994
VERSION: 1.0
COMPILER: MS Quick-C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Jim Hall
Finds a text string inside of a file.
Syntax: FIND string < filename
string The string you want to find. It can be up to 128 characters
long
filename The file that is to be searched for the string
Do not use this command with executable files.
Example:
C:>find Readme < readme.txt
2 README.TXT
C:>_
Where 2 being the line number the text was found on and README.TXT bieng
the line where the text was found.
Format
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DATE: ?.Jul.1998
VERSION: 1.0
COMPILER: C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Robert Nordier
Formats a disk or drive for use with Free-DOS.
The FORMAT command creates a new root directory and file allocation table
for the disk. It can also check for bad areas on the disk, and it can
delete all data on the disk. In order for Free-DOS to be able to use a
new disk, you must first use this command to format the disk.
Syntax: FORMAT drive: [/V[:label]] [/Q] [/C]
drive:
Specifies the drive containing the disk you want to format. You must
specify a drive parameter. If you do not specify an of the following
switches, FORMAT uses the drive type to determine the default format
for the disk.
/V:label
Specifies the volume label. A volume label identifies the disk and
can be a maximum of 11 characters. If you omit the /V switch or use
it without specifying a volume label, Free-DOS prompts you for the
volume label after the formatting is completed. If you format more
than one disk by using one FORMAT command, all of the disks will be
given the same volume label.
/Q
Specifies a quick format of a disk. With this switch, FORMAT deletes
the file allocation table (FAT) and the root directory of a
previously formatted disk, but does not scan the disk for bad areas.
Use the /Q switch to format only previously formatted disks that you
know are in good condition.
/C
Retests bad clusters. By default, if a drive contains clusters that
have been marked "bad," FORMAT does not retest the new clusters; it
simply leaves them marked "bad." Use the /C switch if you want
FORMAT to retest all bad clusters on the drive.
Graphics
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Graftabl
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Help
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DATE: 08.Sep.1998
VERSION: 2.0
COMPILER: Borland C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Jim Hall
HTML Help
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DATE: 29.Sep.1998
VERSION: 1.0
COMPILER: Borland C
LICENSE: Express Software Public License
MAINTAINER: Joseph Cosentino
Join
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DATE: 16.Feb.1998
VERSION: 3.1
COMPILER: Borland C 3.1
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Steffen Kaiser
Keyb
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DATE: 1992
VERSION: 1.10
COMPILER: TP
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Dietmar Hoehmann
Installs a new keyboard.
Syntax: KEYB
Label
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DATE: 19.Oct.1994
VERSION: 1.1
COMPILER: C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Max Brante
Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk.
Syntax: LABEL [drive:][label]
drive: The drive that you are going to label
label The label that is to be assigned to that disk
To delete the volume label:
C:\>label
Volume in drive C is EXDOS 1
Volume serial number is 230A-68D1
Volume label (11 characters, ENTER for none)? _
Delete current label (Y/N)? Y
Loadhi
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DATE: 19.Nov.1995
VERSION: ?
COMPILER: MS-C/MASM
LICENSE: Free
MAINTAINER: Svante Frey
Mem
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DATE: 04.Feb.1998
VERSION: 7.02
COMPILER: C
LICENSE: Free/Open
MAINTAINER: Mark Aitchison
Mkdir
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DATE: 30.Aug.1995
VERSION: 1.0
COMPILER: C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: James Lynch
Creates a directory.
Syntax: MKDIR directory
MD directory
directory The name of the directory you want to create
Example:
C:\>mkdir TEST
Mode
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DATE: 05.Aug.1995
VERSION: 1.0.4
COMPILER: ASM
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Kris Heidenstrom
Displays the mode Free-DOS is in.
Syntax: MODE
Example:
C:\>mode
Free-DOS is in Real mode
More
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DATE: 24.Aug.1998
VERSION: 1.0
COMPILER: Micro-C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Bill Weinman
Displays output one screenful at a time.
The MORE command reads standard input from a pipe or redirected file and
displays one screen of information at a time. This command is commonly
used to view long files.
Syntax: MORE [drive:][path]filename
MORE < [drive:][path]filename
command ³ MORE
[drive:][path]filename
Displays the file to the screen and when the screen gets full,
waits for the user to press a key to display the next screenful
of output.
command ³ MORE
The command displays a screenful of information then calls MORE to
wait for the user to press a key.
Example 1:
C:>more < readme.txt
Readme.TXT
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--More--_
Example 2:
C:>dir | more
Directory of C:\>DOS
ù
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--More--
Move
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DATE: 13.Apr.98
VERSION: 1.1
COMPILER: Turbo C 3.0
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Jeremy Parker
Moves a file from one location to another.
Syntax: MOVE source destination
source The name of the file you want to move
destination The place where you want to move the file
NLSFunc
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Pause
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DATE: 08.Sep.1998
VERSION: 2.0
COMPILER: Borland C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Jim Hall
Print
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Prints a file.
This command can print in the background if you have an output device
connected to one of your system's serial or parallel ports.
Syntax: PRINT [filename]
filename The name of the file you want to print
Example:
C:\>print intro.txt
Printing...
Recover
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Rmdir
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DATE: 30.Aug.1995
VERSION: 1.0
COMPILER: C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: James Lynch
Removes a directory.
Syntax: RMDIR directory
RD directory
directory The directory that is going to be removed
You cannot remove the directory you are currently in.
Example:
C:\>md TEST This example works.
C:\>rd TEST
C:\>md TEST This example does not work.
C:\>cd TEST
C:\TEST>rd TEST
Scandisk
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DATE: TBD
VERSION: 7.02
COMPILER: Turbo-C
LICENSE: Free/Open
MAINTAINER: Mark Aitchison
Setver
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Share
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DATE: TBD
VERSION: 1.0
COMPILER: Borland C 3.1?
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Pat Villani
Starts the SHARE program, which installs file-sharing and locking
capabilities on your disks and network drives.
Syntax: SHARE [/F] [/L]
In your CONFIG.SYS file, use the following syntax:
INSTALL=[[drive:]path]SHARE.EXE [/F:space] [/L:locks]
drive:path
Specifies the location of the SHARE.EXE file.
/F:space
Allocates file space (in bytes) for the Free-DOS storage area used to
record file-sharing information. The default value is 2048.
/L:locks
Sets the number of files that can be locked at one time. The
default value is 20.
Sort
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DATE: 23.May.1995
VERSION: 1.0
COMPILER: C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: James Lynch
Reads input, sorts data, and writes the results to the screen, a file,
or another device.
SORT acts as a filter, reading characters in a specified column and
rearranging them in ascending or descending order.
Syntax: SORT [/R] [<] [drive1:][path]filename1 [> [drive2:][path2]
filename2]
drive1:[path1]filename1
Specifies the location and name of the file whose data you want to
sort.
drive2:[path2]filename2
Specifies the location and name of a file in which the sorted output
is to be sorted.
command
Specifies a command whose output is the data you want to sort.
Subst
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DATE: 16.Feb.1998
VERSION: 3.1
COMPILER: Borland C 3.1
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Steffen Kaiser
TurboDisk
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DATE: 7.Jun.1996
VERSION: 2.2
COMPILER: MASM
LICENSE: Public domain
MAINTAINER: Ciriaco Garcia de Celeis
Time
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DATE: Dec 1994
VERSION: 1.0
COMPILER: MS Quick-C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Jim Hall
Displays the time and prompts you to enter a new one.
Syntax: TIME [h:m:s]
[h:m:s] Hours, minutes, seconds.
To replace the time without being prompted, enter the new time after
the text on the command line.
Example:
C:\>time
Current system time is: 1:00:17a
Enter new time: _
or
C:\>time 5:27:07
C:\>
Tree
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DATE: 1995
VERSION:
COMPILER: Micro-C
LICENSE: Free
MAINTAINER: Dave Dunfield
Type
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DATE: 08.Sep.1998
VERSION: 2.0
COMPILER: Borland C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Jim Hall
Displays the contents of files.
Syntax: TYPE filename
filename The name of the file you want to display.
Example:
C:\>type release.txt
Undelete
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DATE: TBD
VERSION: 0.9b
COMPILER: C/ASM
LICENSE: Free
MAINTAINER: Paul Case
Unformat
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Ver
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DATE: 27.Jul.1998
VERSION: 2.0
COMPILER: Borland C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Jim Hall
Displays the Free-DOS version number.
Syntax: VER
Verify
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DATE: 30.Jan.1995
VERSION: 1.0
COMPILER: MSC or Borland C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Peter Mikalajunas
Tells Free-DOS whether to verify that your files are written correctly to
a disk. You can use Verify to make sure data is not written to a bad
sector on a disk.
Syntax: VERIFY [on³off]
on³off Specifies whether Free-DOS is to verify that write operations
are done correctly. The ON value enables this verification
process. The OFF value disables it.
Example:
C:\>verify
VERIFY is on
C:\>verify off
VERIFY is off
C:\>verify
VERIFY is off
Vol
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DATE: 13.Sep.1998
VERSION: 1.0
COMPILER: C
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: John Price
Displays the disk volume label.
Syntax: VOL [drive:]
[drive:] Specifies the drive that contains the disk for which you want
to display the volume number.
To cause Free-DOS to display the volume label of the disk in the current
drive, use the vol command with no parameter.
XCopy
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DATE: TBD
VERSION: 0.1
COMPILER: MASM
LICENSE: GPL
MAINTAINER: Stephen Hammond
Copies directories, their subdirectories, and files (except hidden and
system files).
With this command, you can copy all the files in a directory, including
the files in the subdirectories of that directory.
Syntax: XCOPY source [destination] [/Y|/-Y] [/A|/M] [/D:date] [/P] [/S]
[/E] [/V] [/W]
source
Specifies the location and names of the files you want to copy.
Source must include either a drive or a path.
destination
Specifies the destination of the files you want to copy.
Destination can include a drive letter and colon, a directory name,
a filename, or a combination.
/Y
Indicates that you want XCOPY to replace existing file(s) without
prompting for confirmation. By default, if you specify an existing
file as the destination file, XCOPY will ask you if you want to
overwrite the existing file.
/-Y
Indicates that you want XCOPY to prompt you for confirmation when
replacing an existing file. Specifying this switch overrides all
defaults and the current setting of the COPYCMD environment
variable.
/A
Copies only source files that have their archive file attributes
set. This switch does not modify the archive file attribute of the
source file.
/M
Copies source files that have their archive file attributes set.
Unlike the /A switch, /M turns off archive file attributes in the
files specified in source.
/D:date
Copies only source files modified on or after the specified date.
Note that the format of date depends on the COUNTRY settings you are
using.
/P
Prompts for confirmation about whether you want to create each
destination file.
/S
Copies directories and subdirectories, unless they are empty. If
you omit this switch, XCOPY works within a single directory.
/E
Copies any subdirectories, even if they are empty.
/V
Verifies each file as it is written to the destination file to make
sure that the destination files are identical to the source files.
/W
Displays the following message and waits for your response before
starting to copy files:
Press any key to begin copying file(s)...