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Section 4 Introduction

Introduction

Section 3 introduced you to the Dir command. You used it to display a list of filenames. This section provides more information about filenames and disk directories, sometimes called file paths.

Filenames are given to text, data, and program files that reside on a disk. Directory (or path) names are also given to disk directories, which are convenient subdivisions in which categories or families of files may te collected and maintained. Several commands are available to create, list, or delete filenames and directory names. These include:
MKDIR (or MD)            Make (or create a new sub directory.

CHDIR (or CD)            Change to (or log) a named directory.

RMDIR (or RD)            Remove a named directory.

PATH                            Provide automatic access to program and batch files located within one or more named directories.

TREE                           List all directory names or directory and file-names on a specified                                               disk.  

PROMPT                     Change the appearance of the DOS prompt.
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