Copying A File To Another Diskette Using Two Drives - IBM 5150 Manual To Operations

Copying a File to Another Diskette
Using Two Drives
Let's assume you want to copy LETTER (again!). But
this time, you want to put the copy on another diskette.
What name do you want it to have? For this example,
we have picked the filename CORESPND for you. Here
are the steps:
1
Make sure DOS is ready and
A>
is displayed.
2
Insert the diskette with LETTER on it into drive A:.
3
Insert the diskette that you want the copy (CORESPND)
to be written on, into drive B:.
Original Diskette
Back-up Diskette
(LETTER) (for CORESPND)
4
Type this:
copy letter b:corespnd
and press the Enter key.
Notice the spaces between "copy" and "letter" and
between "letter" and "b:corespnd". Do not put a space
between "b: 'and "corespnd".
Also notice that you must indicate the diskette drive (b:)
of the copy diskette because it is not the same as the
default drive. (Look back at "The DOS Prompt" for
information about the default drive.)
DOS 3-72