NewDeal Technical Support Document 270
HELP <command>Examples:
<command> /?
- HELP DIR
- Gives you help about the DIR command
- HELP FORMAT
- Gives you help about the FORMAT command
- FORMAT /?
- Displays the syntax and switches for FORMAT
CD\NEWDEAL
NEWHELP
- CD\NEWDEAL
- to change to the NEWDEAL directory, then
- INFO
- gives you information about your system, which includes your CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, GEOS.INI, DOS version, etc.
- PRINFO
- prints out the above information, helpful when calling for technical support
- TESTDISK
- does a check to see if a diskette is good
- MAKEBOOT
- creates a boot diskette (to free up memory, if needed)
- UNINSTAL
- WARNING: this will wipe out your NewDeal directory. Use this utility at your own risk. It will completely remove the NewDeal directory and all files within it, including your documents. If you move this file to a different directory and run it there, it will wipe out that directory.
CD\<directory1>\<directory2>Examples:
- CD\
- brings you back to your root directory
- CD NEWDEAL
- brings you from the root directory to the NEWDEAL directory
- CD\NEWDEAL\DOCUMENTS
- brings you to the NEWDEAL document directory
- CD..
- brings you back one level (i.e. from NEWDEAL to the root directory)
RD <drive:>\<directory1>\<directory2>Examples:
- RD NEWDEAL
- remove the NEWDEAL directory
- RD C:\NEWDEAL\DOCUMENTS
- remove the NEWDEAL\DOCUMENTS directory
DIR <drive>:\<directory1>\<directory2> <switches: /p/s/w>Examples:
- DIR C:\
- displays contents of root directory
- DIR C:\*.
- displays only subdirectories or file names without extensions within the root directory
- DIRC:\NEWDEAL\WORLD
- displays contents of the WORLD directory
- DIR C:\ /p
- displays the contents of root directory, pausing every 25 lines
- DIR C:\NEWDEAL /w
- displays contents of NEWDEAL directory, in wide mode
- DIR C:\NEWDEAL /p/s/w
- displays contents of NEWDEAL directory, and all of its subdirectories, pausing every 25 lines, in wide mode
COPY <drive> <directory> <switches: /y/v>Examples:
- COPY C:\AUTO.BAT C:\TEMP
- makes a copy of the file in the C:\TEMP directory
- COPY C:\123.BAT C:\TEMP /Y
- copies and automatically overwrites file
- COPY C:\123.BAT C:\123 /V
- makes a copy of the file 123.BAT under the new name 123 and then verifies that the copy is exactly like the original
XCOPY <drive>:\<directory> <switches: /s/v/y>Examples:
- XCOPY C:\GEOS.INI D:\ /V
- copies the GEOS.INI file to the root directory of D: verifying that the file is OK
- XCOPY C:\*.ini C:\BACKUP /S
- copies all .INI files (including those that are in subdirectories) into the backup directory
- XCOPY C:\C*.* C:\BACK /y
- copies all files beginning with the letter C in them to the backup directory and if the file already exists in the directory it will automatically copy over it
MOVE <drive>:\ <directory> <switches: /y>Examples:
- MOVE C:\GEOS.INI C:\TEMP
- moves (copies and deletes) GEOS.INI to C:\TEMP
- MOVE GEOS.INI C:\BACK /Y
- moves and automatically overwrites file
DEL <directory>\<filename>Examples:
- DEL C:\BACKUP\CONFIG.SYS
- erases the file CONFIG.SYS in the BACKUP directory
- DEL C:\TEMP\*.*
- erases all files in the TEMP directory
Note: Not all commands listed above are available with all versions of DOS version. Please refer to your DOS manual for more information.
This is because DOS 3.1 doesn't have correct capacity for 360K disks, so the software can't recognize them. The only solution is to upgrade to a newer version of DOS.