Special Edition Using MS-DOS® 6.22, Third Edition

Chapter 8. Managing Your Files

In this chapter

• Using DOS to Work with Files

• Listing Files with the DIR Command

• Viewing Files

• Copying Files

• Moving Files

• Setting Defaults for COPY, XCOPY, and MOVE

• Renaming Files

• Comparing Files

• Deleting Files

• Using Interlnk to Share Another Computer's Resources

• Case Study: Editing Files with Multiple Data Formats

Using DOS to Work with Files

After you have installed DOS on your computer, created your directories, and installed programs, in a sense you have set up housekeeping on your PC.

Most programs generate files as you work with them. You begin to accumulate files on your computer's disks in much the same way that you accumulate possessions in your home or office. Fortunately, DOS provides useful file-management commands ...