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Type: External (6.0 and later) Syntax: MSBACKUP [setup_file][/BW|/LCD|/MDA] Purpose: Used to backup or restore one or more files from one disk to another. Discussion With MS-DOS, Microsoft provides MSBACKUP for MS-DOS as well as for Windows. You determine if one or the other (or both) will be available by the …
Read More »keyb MS-DOS Command
Type: External (3.3 and later) Syntax: KEYB KEYB [xx][,][yyy][,][d:][path]filename [/E][/ID:(number)] Purpose: Loads a program that replaces the support program for U. S. keyboards. Discussion The two letter code, xx must be one of the following: US UNITED STATES FR FRANCE GR GERMANY IT ITALY SP SPAIN UK UNITED KINGDOM PO …
Read More »msd MS-DOS Command
Type: External (6.0 and later) Syntax: MSD [/I][/F[d:][path][filename] [/P[d:][path][filename] [/S[d:][path][filename] MSD [/B][/I] Purpose: Provides detailed technical information about your computer. Discussion MSD allows you to examine technical information about your computer in two different formats. You can use the MSD interface or you can create a report. Detailed information about …
Read More »menuitem MS-DOS Command
Type: Internal (6.0 and later) Syntax: MENUITEM=blockname, [menutext] Purpose: Used in the CONFIG.SYS file to create a start-up menu from which you can select a group of CONFIG.SYS commands to be processed upon reboot. Discussion The MENUITEM command can be used only within a menu block in your CONFIG.SYS file. …
Read More »Call MS-DOS Command
Type: Internal (3.3 and later) Syntax: CALL [d:][path]batchfilename [options ] Purpose: Calls another batch file and then returns to the current batch file to continue processing. Discussion Used within a batch file to specify the name of another batch file (a file with the .BAT filename extension). The original batch …
Read More »fastopen MS-DOS Command
Type: External (3.3 and later) Syntax: FASTOPEN d:[=n][/X] Purpose: Keeps track of the locations of files for fast access. Discussion FASTOPEN locates files on a fixed disk by searching your disk`s directory structure in a predetermined search pattern. After running FASTOPEN, each time you use a file or directory, the …
Read More »sort MS-DOS Command
Type: External (2.0 and later) Syntax: SORT [/R][/+n] < (filename) SORT [/R][/+n] > (filename2) Purpose: Sorts input and sends it to the screen or to a file. Discussion SORT is a filter command (reads from input, transforms it, and outputs it to the screen, to a file, or to a …
Read More »unformat MS-DOS Command
Type: External (5.0 and later) Syntax: UNFORMAT d: [/J][/L][/test][/partn][/P][/U] Purpose: Used to undo the effects of formatting a disk. Discussion The UNFORMAT command is used to recover files on a disk that have been erased by using the FORMAT command. NOTE: The UNFORMAT command cannot always recover all the files …
Read More »Buffers MS-DOS Command
Type: Internal (2.0 and later) Syntax: BUFFERS=(number),(read-ahead number) Purpose: Used in the CONFIG.SYS file to set the number of disk buffers (a number from 1 to 99) that will be available for use during data input. Also used to set a value for the number of sectors to be read …
Read More »diskcopy MS-DOS Command
Type: External (1.0 and later) Syntax: DISKCOPY [d:] [d:][/1][/V][/M] Purpose: Makes an exact copy of a diskette. Discussion This command is used only for copying diskettes, not fixed disks. The first drive you specify is the drive for the source diskette. The second is the drive for the target diskette. …
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