F8 Dos (Disk Operating System) Key - Texas Instruments TravelMate 5000 Series User Reference Manual

Function Key Commands
Press the key corresponding to the boxed character in the
prompt to begin the sort function.
displays the files in the current directory listing (and all
other directories
you select from one of the following.
Name
Extension
Date/time
Size

F8 DOS (Disk Operating System) Key

Pressing F8 at the
the bottom of the screen
Execute a DOS (S)hell or (C)ommand:
Note: When you finish using the shell, at the
n
prompt type Exit and press Enter.
5-10 Laptop File Manager
LFM
Press N and
any filenames begin with nonalphabetic characters,
they are displayed before the alphabetic names.
Press E and
in alphabetic order. Filenames with no extension are
listed first.
Press D and
and date.
Press S and
used, displaying the largest first.
LFM
If you want to execute an
displays the :\> prompt where you can type your
C
shell pathname and press Enter to execute.
LFM
displays) according to the attribute
sorts all files in alphabetic order. If
LFM
sorts all files by filename extension
LFM
sorts all files by most recent time
LFM
sorts all files by number of bytes
LFM
main menu causes
MS-DOS
then sorts and
to prompt at
LFM
shell, press S.
LFM
MS-DOS