Tandy 1000 MS-DOS User Manual

CONTENTS
Part 1. Introduction
1 How to Use MS-DOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Entering a Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Executing a Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Editing and Special Keys 1
The Control
Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 Organization of Information 5
The File
System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The Root Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Filenames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Extensions 6
Examples of Filenames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Wild
Cards 8
Pathnames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Device Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Directories 9
Creating Directories , 12
Deleting Directories 13
The
Current Drive 14
The
Current Directory , 14
Home Directories , 16
Anonymous Directory Names , 17
3 Redirecting Commands............................ 19
Input And Output , 19
Filters 20
Command
Piping , 20
4
Batch Files , 21
Executing Several Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 21
The Batch File , 21
Executing a Batch File 22
Summary of the Batch File Process , 23
The Autoexec.bat
File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24
Batch Files With Replaceable Parameters. . . . . . .. 24
Creating a Batch File With Replaceable
Parameters 25
Executing a Batch File With Replaceable
Parameters 25
Sample Use of Replaceable
Parameters. . . . . . . . . .. 26
Reminders
about Batch Files , 27
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Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Specifications

General

Brand	Tandy
Model	1000 MS-DOS
Category	Desktop
Language	English