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Overview of MS-DOS Functions and Commands

MS-DOS is a disk operating system created by Microsoft that functions by booting the computer, interacting with application programs and hardware. It has three main components - the BIOS provided by the computer manufacturer, the DOS kernel supplied by Microsoft that provides system functions, and the command processor shell that processes user commands. MS-DOS provides internal commands that are memory resident and external commands that are disk resident. Common commands include DIR to view files, COPY to copy files, DEL to delete files, TYPE to view file contents, and more.

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Overview of MS-DOS Functions and Commands

MS-DOS is a disk operating system created by Microsoft that functions by booting the computer, interacting with application programs and hardware. It has three main components - the BIOS provided by the computer manufacturer, the DOS kernel supplied by Microsoft that provides system functions, and the command processor shell that processes user commands. MS-DOS provides internal commands that are memory resident and external commands that are disk resident. Common commands include DIR to view files, COPY to copy files, DEL to delete files, TYPE to view file contents, and more.

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MS-DOS

Microsoft Disk Operating System


Functions of MS-DOS
 Booting the Computer

 Interaction with application programs and


their control

 Interaction with Hardware


DOS Architecture
 BIOS (Basic Input Output System) – It is
specific to the individual computer and is provided by the
manufacturer of the system.

 DOS Kernel – The Kernel is a software supplied by


Microsoft that provides a collection of Microsoft
independent services called the system functions.

 Command Processor (Shell) – Shell is the user


interface to the operating system. It processes and
executes the user commands, including loading and
executing of other programs from the disk.
Commands
MS-DOS provides two types of commands-
 Internal Command – These are memory
resident command. These are automatically
loaded into the computer’s main memory during
the booting process.
 External Command – These are also called disk
resident commands. These are found in separate
file on the hard disk, so that they don’t consume
valuable memory space.
Internal Commands
 Date – displays date and promts to change.
Syntax - DATE[mm-dd-yy]
 Time- displays system time.
Syntax – TIME
 CLS – shows only the comand prompt.
Syntax – CLS
 VER- displays the MS-DOS version number.
Syntax - VER
Internal commands
 VOL
Syntax – VOL[drive]
 DIR – Disk Information Report
Syntax – DIR[drive:] [Path] [file name] [/P] [/W]
[/A[[:]attribute]] [/O sort order]

Switches
/P – displays one screen at a time
/W – displays in wide format
Internal Commands
/A attributes – H, -H, S, -S, D, -D, R, -R.
/O [:] Sort order – N, -N, E, -E, D, -D, S.
 COPY CON – to create file
Syntax – COPY CON<file name>
 MD or MK DIR – to create a directory
Syntax – MKDIR [drive:] path
MD [drive:] path
Internal command
 TYPE – displays the contents of a text file
Syntax – TYPE [drive:] [path] file name
 CD or CH DIR – displays name of the current
directory.
Syntax – CD [drive:] [path]
 DEL
Syntax – DEL [drive:] [path] [file name]/p
 RMDIR or RD- deletes or removes a directory.
Syntax – RMDIR [drive:] [path]
RD [drive:] [path]
Internal Command
 REN – to rename a file.
Syntax – RENAME [drive:] [path] filename1
filename2
 COPY
Syntax – Copy [/y:/-y] source file destination file
External Command
 CHKDSK
Syntax – CHKDSK [drive:] [[path] filename] [/F]
[/V]
 XCOPY
Syntax – Xcopy source destination [/y /-y]
 TREE
Syntax – TREE [drive:] [path] [/f]
External Command
 MOVE
Syntax – MOVE [/Y:/-Y] [drive:] [path] filename
 ATTRIB- changes attributes
Syntax – ATTRIB [+R –R] [+A –A] [+S –S] [+H
-H] [[drive:][path] filename]
 DOSKEY
Syntax - DOSKEY
External Command
 DELTREE
Syntax – DELTREE [/Y] [drive:] path
 FIND
Syntax – FIND [/V] [/C] [/N] [/I] “string”
[[drive:] [path] filename]
 DISKCOPY
Syntax – DISKCOPY [drive1: [drive:2]] [/1] [/V]
External Command
 PRINT
Syntax – PRINT [/D: device]
 FORMAT
Syntax – FORMAT drive:
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