GETTING STATISTICS ABOUT FILES ON A DISKETTE
The STAT command
provides STATistics about the space used and the space
available on a disk.
The prompt, A>
or
B>,
indicates the currently-logged disk drive. This is the disk
drive on
which the computer automatically looks for files if the drive name (A: or
B:) isn't
specified.
If the
currently-logged drive (the one with the light on) is A, then the command:
STAT
STAT B:
STAT *.*
STAT B:*.*
will show how much space is available for use on the
diskette in drive A.
will show how much space is available for use on the
diskette in drive
B.
will show how much space is used by each file on the
diskette in drive A, as well as how much space is left.
will show how much space is used by each file on the
diskette in drive
B,
as well as how much space is left.
You can change the currently-logged disk drive to drive
B.
After the A> prompt,
type:
B:
Press
RETURN, and
you will see the prompt,
B>.
Now if
you type:
STAT
you'll see the STAT of the disk in drive
B.
To
get back to drive A, type: A:
Press
RETURN.
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