Single Drive Users; Information Common To All Ms-Dos Commands - Sanyo MBC-550 Series User Manual

Single Disk Drive Users
system commands are
The
For single disk drive users,
exactly the syntax as for two drive users,
difference lies in your perception of the "arrangement"
of the drives.
You must think of the system as having two disk drives-
drive A: and drive B:.However, instead of A: and B:
meaning physical disk drive mechanisms, the A: and B:
designate diskettes. Therefore, when drive B: is
specified, disks should be swapped.
Information Common To All MS-DOS Commands
Commands are usually followed by one or more
options.
1.
Commands and options may be entered in upper case
or lower case or combination.
2.
3.
Commands and options must be separated by delimi­
ters.
will usually use the space and comma as delimi­
ters.
Because they are the easiest, you
For example:
DEL MYFILE.OLD NEWFILE.TXT
RENAME,THISFILE,THATFILE
You can also use the semicolon ; the equal sign =
or the tab key as delimiters when entering
commands.
4.
Do not separate a file specification with
delimiters, since the colon and the period
already serve as delimiters.
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