Commodore PC - How to Create a Directory; How to Change Your Working Directory; How to Display Your Working Directory

10 MS-DOS User's Reference
How to Create a Directory
Creating a new
directory
Changing directories
Displaying your
working directory
To create a subdirectory in your working directory, use the
mkdir (make directory) command. For example, to create a new
directory named user under your working directory, simply type
the following command:
mkdir user
After ms-dos runs this command, a new directory will exist under
your working directory. You can also make directories anywhere
in the directory structure by specifying mkdir followed by a path.
ms-dos automatically creates the "." and ".." entries in the new
directory.
To put files in the new directory, you can use the ms-dos line edi
tor, edlin. Chapter 6, "The Line Editor (Edlin)," describes how to
use edlin to create and save files. You can also create and save
files if you have a word processing program such as Microsoft®
Word.
How to Change Your Working Directory
With ms-dos it is easy to change from your working directory to a
different directory: you simply type the chdir (change directory)
command followed by a path. For example, if you type chdir
\user and then press the return key, ms-dos changes the working
directory to \user. You can also specify any path after the com
mand so that you can "travel" around the directory structure. The
following command, for example, puts you in the parent directory
of your working directory:
chdi r . .
How to Display Your Working Directory
All commands are executed while you are in your working direc
tory. You can find out the name of the directory you are in by
typing the ms-dos chdir command with no path. For example, if
your working directory is \user\pete, when you type chdir and
press the return key, you would see the following:
A:\USER\PETE
This is your working drive, A, plus the working directory,
\user\pete.
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