Radio Shack TRS-80 Owner's Manual page 116

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TRS-80
MODEL
III
DISK
SYSTEM
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By
entering
the
command
cmd"d:<P, you
can
obtain a specified
diskette's
directory
from
basic without returning
to
trsdos. Only
unprotected,
visible
files
will
be displayed.
The
drive specification
is
not optional
and must be
specified for
all
drives, including
Drive
0.
Example
If
you
type
in
the
command:
CMD"D:i"
the directory for
Drive
1
will
be
displayed.
CMD"E"
Display Previous
TRSDOS
error
CMD'E"
This
command
displays the
last
trsdos
error
message.
If
no
errors
have
occurred
prior to the
command,
the
message NO ERROR FOUND
will
be
displayed.
Example
If
you have
a two-drive
system
(0
and
1)
and you
type:
SAME "PROGRAM:
3"
Disk basic
will
return a
DISK
I/O ERROR. To
find out
what
kind of
i/o error
occurred,
type:
CMD
"
E
"
(ENTER)
and Disk basic
will return
with
DISK DR
I
ME
NOT
IN
SYSTEM.
CMD"I"
Execute
TRSDOS
Commands
from
Disk
BASIC
i .
command
command
is
3 string
expression containing
a
thsdos
command
or a
z-eo
program
file
siame. H
it
is
a string constant
it
must
be enclosed
in
Quotes.
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