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It defaults to display the attributes of all files in the current directory. The file attributes available include read-only, archive, system, and hidden attributes. The command has the capability to process whole folders and subfolders of files and also process all files. The command is available in MS-DOS versions 3 and later. [1]
The default on MS-DOS 5.0 and higher and is included with all 32-bit versions of Windows that do not rely on a separate copy of DOS. Up to including MS-DOS 6.22, it only supported files up to 64 KB. Proprietary: EDIT: The text editor in Novell DOS 7, OpenDOS 7.01, DR-DOS 7.02 and higher. Supports large files for as long as swap space is available.
XCOPY first appeared in DOS 3.2. [6] While still included in Windows 10, XCOPY has been deprecated in favor of robocopy, a more powerful copy tool, which is now supplied with the Microsoft Windows Server and Desktop operating systems. [7] DR DOS 6.0 [8] and Datalight ROM-DOS [9] include an implementation of the XCOPY command.
MS-DOS / PC DOS and some related disk operating systems use the files mentioned here. System Files: [1] IO.SYS (or IBMBIO.COM): This contains the system initialization code and builtin device drivers; MSDOS.SYS (or IBMDOS.COM): This contains the DOS kernel. Command-line interpreter (Shell): COMMAND.COM: This is the command interpreter.
Edlin is a line editor, and the only text editor provided with early versions of IBM PC DOS, [1] MS-DOS and OS/2. [2] Although superseded in MS-DOS 5.0 and later by the full-screen MS-DOS Editor, and by Notepad in Microsoft Windows, it continues to be included in the 32-bit versions of current Microsoft operating systems.
COPY Copies one file to another (if the destination file already exists, MS-DOS asks whether to replace it). (See also XCOPY, an external command that could also copy directory trees). CTTY Defines the device to use for input and output. DATE Display and set the date of the system. DEL, ERASE Deletes a file.
Files may be copied to device files (e.g. copy letter.txt lpt1 sends the file to the printer on lpt1. copy letter.txt con would output to stdout, like the type command. Note that copy page1.txt+page2.txt book.txt will concatenate the files and output them as book.txt. Which is just like the cat command). It can also copy files between different ...
The category Internal DOS commands deals with articles about DOS commands built into the command processor (COMMAND.COM, 4DOS.COM, NDOS.COM, DOSPLUS.COM, DRDOS.COM ...