Tandy 1000 MS-DOS User Manual

Chapter 4 / Batch Files
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A word of advice about Batch Files. If you are not familiar
with MS-DOS, we recommend that you create all batch files in
the root directory of your disk. Later, when you better under-
stand MS-DOS, you may want to create batch files elsewhere.
You can do this by specifying a complete pathname for the file. If
you do so, however, keep in mind the following:
•
To execute a batch file, you must be in the directory
that contains the file. (That directory becomes your
current directory and that drive becomes your current
drive.)
• MS-DOS searches only
the current directory for exter-
nal commands. If you use any external commands in
your batch file, you need to do one of the following:
Use the PATH command to tell MS-DOS to
search for external commands in the directory
that contains the commands.
Use
the COpy command to move your external
commands to
the directory that contains your
batch file.
Use
the CHDIR command within your batch file
to move from one directory to another as
necessary.
Summary of the Batch File Process
1. Create the file by typing:
copy con pathname.bat [ENTERj
2. Enter the command lines.
3. Save
the file by typing either of the following:
1m I ENTER Ior
( CTRL I mI ENTER j
4. When you are in the directory that contains the file,
execute
the file by typing:
f i 1 ename I ENTER I
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Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Specifications

General

Brand	Tandy
Model	1000 MS-DOS
Category	Desktop
Language	English