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BREAK
^ECommand^F BREAK

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Turn on/off extra CTRL-BREAK checking.

^ESyntax^F BREAK = [ON|OFF]

When BREAK is OFF, DOS checks for a CTRL-BREAK
only during standard certain input/output
operations; when it's on, DOS responds to CTRL-
BREAK all the time. The default setting is off,
as Turning break on slows DOS down somewhat.

^EExamples ^BBREAK = OFF^F Turn extra checking off
^BBREAK = ON^F Turn extra checking on
^BBREAK^F Show the current break setting
^Z
CHCP
^ECommand^F CHCP

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 3.3 and up

^EFunction^F Primarily used for international
character sets, CHCP selects the
system-wide code page for devices.

^ESyntax^F CHCP [nnn]

^B[nnn]^F specifies the desired code page. If
omitted, the operating system code page is shown.

Code page values include:

^B437^F United States ^B850^F Multilingual
^B860^F Portuguese ^B863^F French-Canadian
^B865^F Norwegian

^CNotes^F Must be used after the NLSFUNC command.

CHCP may need to read COUNTRY.SYS; use
COUNTRY= in CONFIG.SYS or NLSFUNC to
tell DOS where to find COUNTRY.SYS.
^Z
CHDIR
^ECommand^F CHDIR (or just "CD")

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Displays/changes the current directory.

^ESyntax^F CHDIR [d:][path]

^Bd: path^F specifies the new drive and directory
to switch to. If no parameters are given, the current
drive and directory are displayed.

^EExample: ^BCD \ROCK^F Changes the working directory
to \ROCK.
^Z
CLS
^ECommand^F CLS

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Clears the screen.

^ESyntax^F CLS

^CNote^F CLS clears only the first 25 lines, a
nuisance with 43- or 50-line displays.

^EExample: ^BCLS ^FClears the screen
^Z
COPY
^ECommand^F COPY

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Copies a file (or group of files) to
files in another directory or disk.
Useful to "back up" your files, or give
files to other people on floppies.

^ESyntax^F COPY [/A][/B][d:][path][source]
[/A][/B][d:][path][dest]
[/A][/B][/V]

For novice users, the /A, /B, +, and /V can be
safely ignored until you have a strong need to
use them. The examples below are more useful
than the descriptions of parameters that follows.

^EExamples ^BCOPY *.* A: \BAK^F Copy all files from
the current directory to drive A:
^BCOPY REPORT.TXT BACKUP.REP^F Copy the
file REPORT.TXT to a file BACKUP.REP
^BCOPY C:\NEW\*.WK1 \BAK^F Copy all
files ending in .WK1 from from the
directory C:\NEW to the directory \BAK

^Bd: path source^F specifies the source file(s) or
directory, and ^Bd: path dest^F specifies the
destination file(s) or destination directory.
The DOS wildcard characters, * and ?, are allowed
in filenames to specify more than one file.

^B/A^F stands for ASCII, causing COPY to use the
standard end-of-file marker, Ctrl-Z. ^B/A^F with the
source filename copies the file up to the first
end-of-file marker, skipping the rest of the
file, while ^B/A^F with the destination file adds
an end-of-file marker to the end of the file.

^B/B^F stands for binary. ^B/B^F with the source
filename copies the whole file, including end-of-
file markers, while ^B/B^Fwith the destination
filename, no end-of-file marker is added.

^B/V^F verifies that the data is copied correctly.

The syntax for COPY may also include as added
files (given by [/A][/B][+[d:][path]filename) as
desired; the ^B+^F symbol combines files as shown:

^EExample ^BCOPY A + B C^F Copy both files A and B
into file C
^Z
CTTY
^ECommand^F CTTY

^EType^F Internal command, 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Changes standard input and output (I/O)
to an auxiliary device.

^ESyntax^F CTTY device

The available devices are:

^BAUX: COM1: COM2: CON:

^EExample: ^BCTTY COM1:^F Send and gather all
standard I/O from serial port COM1:
^Z
DATE
^ECommand^F DATE

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Displays or sets the system date.

^ESyntax^F DATE [mm-dd-yy]

Typing DATE alone shows the current date and asks
for a new date; press enter to leave it as is.

If you wish, you may enter the date immediately
after DATE in the format mm-dd-yy.

^Bmm^F is a two digit month designation.
^Bdd^F is a two digit day designation.
^Byy^F is a two digit year designation.

^EExample: ^BDATE 12-25-99^F Sets the system date to
Christmas 1999
^Z
DEL
^ECommand^F DEL

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F DELetes a file or group of files (same
as the ERASE function).

^ESyntax^F DEL [d:][path]filename

^Bd: path filename^F specify which file(s) to delete.

^EExample: ^BDEL A:\*.DAT^F Deletes all the the files
in A:'s root diectory ending in .DAT
^Z
DIR
^ECommand^F DIR

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Lists a directory's contents.

^ESyntax^F DIR [d:][path][filename] [/P][/W]

^Bd: path filename^F specifies the drive, path,
and filenames to list. Wildcard characters (*
?) are accepted in the filename.

^B/P P^Fauses the listing each screen full of data.

^B/W^F lists the files in a ^BW^Fide format, with
5 file/directory names per line instead of one.

^EExample: ^BDIR *.WK1^F List all files ending in
.WK1 in the current durectory
^BDIR /W^F List all the files in the
current durectory, 5 files per line
^Z
ERASE
^ECommand^F ERASE (same as DELete)

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Erases a file or group of files.

^ESyntax^F ERASE [d:][path] filename

^Bd: path filename^F specifies the file to ERASE.

^EExample: ^BERASE OBSOLETE.DAT^F Deletes the file
OBSOLETE.TXT from the current directory.
^Z
MKDIR
^ECommand^F MKDIR (or just "MD")

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Creates ('makes') a subdirectory.

^ESyntax^F MKDIR [d:]path

^Bd: path^F specifies the drive and path where
the subdirectory will be located.

Path cannot exceed 63 characters.

^EExample ^BMD C:\NEW^F creates the subdirectory
NEW directly off of C:'s root directory.
^Z
PATH
^ECommand^F PATH

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Gets or sets the path of directories
for DOS to search when a program is not
found in the current directory.

^ESyntax^F PATH [[d:]path1[;[d:]pathN]

You can set several paths, each separated with a
semicolon, as in the example. (See "set" also).

PATH searches only for command files, those
ending with .COM, .EXE, and .BAT.

^EExample: ^BPATH C:\DOS;C:\ROCK^F After entering a
command, DOS first looks for the
program in the current directory; if
not found, it looks in C:\DOS; and if
still not found, it looks in C:\ROCK.
^Z
PROMPT
^ECommand^F PROMPT

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Changes the DOS prompt, normally a
drive letter followed by > (e.g., "A>")

^ESyntax^F PROMPT [prompt-text]

^Bprompt-text^F may be consist of a text message
and/or any of several special codes listed below:

^B$t^F - system time ^B$d^F - system date
^B$p^F - current dir ^B$v^F - version number
^B$n^F - current drive ^B$g^F - >
^B$l^F - < ^B$b^F - |
^B$q^F - = ^B$h^F - BACKSPACE
^B$e^F - ESCAPE ^B$_^F - return & line feed

^EExamples ^BPROMPT TEST^F Make DOS prompt "TEST"
^BPROMPT $p$g^F Make DOS prompt display
current directory and >, e.g. "C:\DOS>"
^Z
RENAME
^ECommand^F RENAME (or just REN)

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Renames a file (or group of files).
Wildcard characters ? and * are allowed
in the filenames.

^ESyntax^F REN[AME] [d:][path] filename filename2

^Bd: path filename^F specify which file(s) to rename.

^Bfilename2^F is the new name for the files.

^EExample ^BREN NEW.WK1 OLD.WK1 renames the file
NEW.WK1 as OLD.WK1
^Z
RMDIR
^ECommand^F RMDIR (or just "RD")

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Removes a subdirectory.

^ESyntax^F RMDIR [d:]path

^Bd: path^F specifies the subdirectory to remove.

RMDIR will erase only subdirectory that are
empty, containing no other files or directories.

^EExample ^BRD D:\TEMP^F Removes the empty
subdirectory \TEMP from drive D:
^Z
SET
^ECommand^F SET

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Sets or displays DOS's environment
variables. Programs and commands may
inspect the environment string.

^ESyntax^F SET [name=[parameter]]

SET with no parameters shows the current
environment variables.

^EExamples ^BSET path=C:\DOS;C:\ROCK;C:\BAT
Set the environment variable "path"
to the string listed (see "PATH").
^BSET old^F Erases the environment
variable "old".
^Z
TIME
^ECommand^F TIME

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Displays and sets the system time.

^ESyntax^F TIME [hh:mm[:ss[.nn]]]

^Bhh^F is the hour, 0-23 (must use 24-hour format)
^Bmm^F is the minute, 0-59
^Bss^F is the seconds, 0-59 (optional)
^Bnn^F is the hundredths of seconds, 0-99 (optional)

TIME with no parameters displays the current
time and prompts you for the new time (press
return for no change).

^EExample ^BTIME 12:34:30^F Sets the computer's
clock to 12:34 pm and 30 seconds.
^Z
TYPE
^ECommand^F TYPE

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F List the contents of a text file

^ESyntax^F TYPE [d:][path]filename[.ext]

^CNote:^F If you use TYPE with files other
than "text", or "ASCII" files, it will
probably produce "screen garbage."

^EExamples ^BTYPE ROCK.DOC^F Show ROCK.DOC on the
screen.
^BTYPE ROCK.DOC > PRN^F Send ROCK.DOC
to the printer.
^Z
VER
^ECommand^F VER

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Displays the version of DOS currently
being used.

^ESyntax^F VER

^EExample^B VER^F Shows version of DOS being used
^Z
VERIFY
^ECommand^F VERIFY

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Turns VERIFY on or off, or tells the
current VERIFY state. Verify ensures
that data is recorded correctly.

^ESyntax^F VERIFY [ON|OFF]

If VERIFY is ON, DOS double-checks that data it
writes is read back in properly.

^EExamples ^BVERIFY^F Display current status
^BVERIFY ON^F Turns VERIFY to ON
^BVERIFY OFF^F Turns VERIFY to OFF
^Z
VOL
^ECommand^F VOL

^EType^F Internal command, DOS 2.0 and up

^EFunction^F Displays a disk volume label.
DOS volume labels are 11-character
names assigned to a disk. Volume names
use the same characters as DOS file
names. If you do not specify a target
drive, DOS uses the current default. To
assign a volume label, use the DOS
LABEL command.

^ESyntax^F VOL [d:]

^Bd:^F specifies which drive's volume label to show.

^EExamples ^BVOL^F Shows current drive's volume label
^BVOL C:^F Shows disk C:'s volume label