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MS-DOS 6.22 Command Reference

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== COPY ==== SUMMARY ==  <nowiki>APPEND  Allows programs to open data files in specified directories as if they were in the current directory.</nowiki> <nowiki>ATTRIB  Displays or changes file attributes.</nowiki> <nowiki>BREAK    Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking.</nowiki> <nowiki>CD      Displays the name of or changes the current directory.</nowiki> <nowiki>CHCP    Displays or sets the active code page number. </nowiki> <nowiki>CHDIR    Displays the name of or changes the current directory.</nowiki> <nowiki>CHKDSK  Checks a disk and displays a status report.</nowiki> <nowiki>CHOICE  Prompts the user to make a choice in a batch program.</nowiki> <nowiki>CLS      Clears the screen.</nowiki> <nowiki>COMMAND  Starts a new instance of the MS-DOS command interpreter.</nowiki> <nowiki>COMP    Compares the contents of two files or sets of files. </nowiki> <nowiki>COPY     Copies one or more files to another location.</nowiki> <nowiki>CTTY    Changes the terminal device used to control your system. </nowiki> <nowiki>DATE    Displays or sets the date.</nowiki> <nowiki>DBLSPACE Creates and manages drives compressed by using DoubleSpace. </nowiki> <nowiki>DEBUG    Starts Debug, a program testing and editing tool.</nowiki> <nowiki>DEFRAG  Reorganizes the files on a disk to optimize the disk. </nowiki> <nowiki>DEL      Deletes one or more files.</nowiki> <nowiki>DELOLDOS Deletes the OLD_DOS.1 directory and the files it contains. </nowiki> <nowiki>DELTREE  Deletes a directory and all the files and subdirectories in it.</nowiki> <nowiki>DIR      Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.</nowiki> <nowiki>DISKCOMP Compares the contents of two floppy disks. </nowiki> <nowiki>DISKCOPY Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another.</nowiki> <nowiki>DOSKEY  Edits command lines, recalls MS-DOS commands, and creates macros.</nowiki> <nowiki>DOSSHELL Starts MS-DOS Shell.</nowiki> <nowiki>DRVSPACE Creates and manages drives compressed by using DriveSpace. </nowiki> <nowiki>ECHO    Displays messages, or turns command echoing on or off.</nowiki> <nowiki>EDIT    Starts MS-DOS Editor, which creates and changes ASCII files.</nowiki> <nowiki>EMM386  Enables or disables EMM386 expanded memory support. </nowiki> <nowiki>ERASE    Deletes one or more files. (obsolete command, see DEL) </nowiki> <nowiki>EXIT    Quits the COMMAND.COM program (command interpreter).</nowiki> <nowiki>EXPAND  Decompresses one or more compressed files. </nowiki> <nowiki>FASTHELP Provides summary Help information for MS-DOS commands. </nowiki> <nowiki>FASTOPEN Decreases the amount of time needed to open frequently used files and directories. </nowiki> <nowiki>FC      Compares two files or sets of files, and displays the differences between them. </nowiki> <nowiki>FDISK    Configures a hard disk for use with MS-DOS. </nowiki> <nowiki>FIND    Searches for a text string in a file or files.</nowiki> <nowiki>FOR      Runs a specified command for each file in a set of files.</nowiki> <nowiki>FORMAT  Formats a disk for use with MS-DOS.</nowiki> <nowiki>GRAPHICS Loads a program that can print graphics. </nowiki> <nowiki>HELP    Provides complete, interactive Help information for MS-DOS commands. </nowiki> <nowiki>INTERLNK Connects two computers via parallel or serial ports. </nowiki> <nowiki>INTERSVR Starts the Interlnk server. </nowiki> <nowiki>KEYB    Configures a keyboard for a specific language. </nowiki> <nowiki>LABEL    Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk.</nowiki> <nowiki>LH      Loads a program into the upper memory area. </nowiki> <nowiki>LOADFIX  Loads a program above the first 64K of memory, and runs the program. </nowiki> <nowiki>LOADHIGH Loads a program into the upper memory area. </nowiki> <nowiki>MD      Creates a directory.</nowiki> <nowiki>MEM      Displays the amount of used and free memory in your system.</nowiki> <nowiki>MEMMAKER Starts the Memmaker program, which optimizes your computer's memory. </nowiki> <nowiki>MKDIR    Creates a directory. (obsolete command, see MD)</nowiki> <nowiki>MODE    Configures a system device.</nowiki> <nowiki>MORE    Displays output one screen at a time.</nowiki> <nowiki>MOVE    Moves one or more files. Also renames files and directories.</nowiki> <nowiki>MSAV    Scans your computer for known viruses. </nowiki> <nowiki>MSBACKUP Backs up or restores one or more files from one disk to another. </nowiki> <nowiki>MSD      Provides detailed technical information about your computer. </nowiki> <nowiki>NLSFUNC  Loads country-specific information.</nowiki> <nowiki>PATH    Displays or sets a search path for executable files.</nowiki> <nowiki>PAUSE    Suspends processing of a batch file and displays a message.</nowiki> <nowiki>POWER    Turns power management on and off.</nowiki> <nowiki>PRINT    Prints a text file while you are using other MS-DOS commands.</nowiki> <nowiki>PROMPT  Changes the MS-DOS command prompt.</nowiki> <nowiki>QBASIC  Starts the MS-DOS QBasic programming environment. </nowiki> <nowiki>RD      Removes a directory.</nowiki> <nowiki>REN      Renames a file or files.</nowiki> <nowiki>RENAME  Renames a file or files. (obsolete command, see REN)</nowiki> <nowiki>REPLACE  Replaces files. </nowiki> <nowiki>RESTORE  Restores files that were backed up by using the BACKUP command. </nowiki> <nowiki>RMDIR    Removes a directory. (obsolete command, see RD)</nowiki> <nowiki>SCANDISK Checks a drive for errors and repairs any problems it finds.</nowiki> <nowiki>SET      Displays, sets, or removes MS-DOS environment variables.</nowiki> <nowiki>SETVER  Sets the version number that MS-DOS reports to a program.</nowiki> <nowiki>SHARE    Installs file-sharing and locking capabilities on your hard disk.</nowiki> <nowiki>SORT    Sorts input.</nowiki> <nowiki>SUBST    Associates a path with a drive letter.</nowiki> <nowiki>SYS      Copies MS-DOS system files and command interpreter to a disk you specify.</nowiki> <nowiki>TIME    Displays or sets the system time.</nowiki> <nowiki>TREE    Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or path. </nowiki> <nowiki>TYPE    Displays the contents of a text file.</nowiki> <nowiki>UNDELETE Restores files previously deleted with the DEL command. </nowiki> <nowiki>UNFORMAT Restores a disk erased by the FORMAT command. </nowiki> <nowiki>VER      Displays the MS-DOS version.</nowiki> <nowiki>VERIFY  Directs MS-DOS to verify that your files are written correctly to a disk. </nowiki> <nowiki>VOL      Displays a disk volume label and serial number.</nowiki> <nowiki>VSAFE    Continuously monitors your computer for viruses. </nowiki> <nowiki>XCOPY    Copies files (except hidden and system files) and directory trees.</nowiki> == SPECIFIC COMMANDS ===== COPY ===
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