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MSDOS-Basics
MSDOS is a non-graphical single user operating system. DOS is short for Disk operating System .
Today, MSDOS is no longer supported by Microsoft as an independent operating system, however, the DOS box of Windows works as efficient and fast than the former operating system.
Windows 9x, up to version ME, acutally ran on top of DOS. This was shown in Unauthorized Windows 95 through the exploration of kernel level calls which continue to use DOS interrupts for functionality. This can also be seen by changing the command interpreter from COMMAND.COM to some other command interpreter, such as 4DOS. If the command interpreter is changed (through a system configuration file) windows will not load unless the "WIN" command is added to the end of autoexec.bat. In essence, it is loading in the same way that ?Windows 3.11 did, loading itself from autoexec.bat. COMMAND.COM simply hides this fact.
Some of the main DOS commands are listed below:
Each MSDOS command supports at least one or more parameters. The dir command, for example, supports some 10 paramters. To see all paramters of a specific command, you can use the help command.
Note: some versions of DOS may support more or not all commands listed above
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MSDOS-Basics
MSDOS Basics
------------------MSDOS is a non-graphical single user operating system. DOS is short for Disk operating System .
Today, MSDOS is no longer supported by Microsoft as an independent operating system, however, the DOS box of Windows works as efficient and fast than the former operating system.
Windows 9x, up to version ME, acutally ran on top of DOS. This was shown in Unauthorized Windows 95 through the exploration of kernel level calls which continue to use DOS interrupts for functionality. This can also be seen by changing the command interpreter from COMMAND.COM to some other command interpreter, such as 4DOS. If the command interpreter is changed (through a system configuration file) windows will not load unless the "WIN" command is added to the end of autoexec.bat. In essence, it is loading in the same way that ?Windows 3.11 did, loading itself from autoexec.bat. COMMAND.COM simply hides this fact.
Some of the main DOS commands are listed below:
attrib //sets the attribte of a file cd //change directory copy //copies a directory delete //deletes a file dir //list all directries help //shows a list of all MSDOS commands mkdir //creates a new directory path //used in BATCH files to set the path of programs prompt //changes lookandfeel of the DOS promtp rename //renames a file or directory rmdir //remove directory replace //replaces a file or directory set //used in BATCH files to set environment variables time //shows the system time version //shows actual version of MSDOS running xcopy //copies directories rather than files
Each MSDOS command supports at least one or more parameters. The dir command, for example, supports some 10 paramters. To see all paramters of a specific command, you can use the help command.
help dir //shows all parameters of dir command
Note: some versions of DOS may support more or not all commands listed above
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