MS-DOS
MS-DOS is an operating system commercialized by Microsoft. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems and was the dominant operating system for computers during the 1980s.
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Hello, I am in need of some assistance with trying to get my fist ruby program to run. I am reading the book "Learn to program by chris pine" and he seems to be using a different DOS version them me....
Given a daily production of files named:
productNew_2011May20.txt
productMod_2011May20.txt
productExp_2011May20.txt
(where the product* string remains constant, but date changes)
Can anyone...
Hello all,
Please allow me to explain what I hope to achieve with the batch file I'm trying to create.
I have a bunch of .iso files (movies and TV shows) on a HDD(M:) that I would like to...
Hello, I wasn't sure where to post this thread. I thought this would be the best place. I hope I'm right. Anyway, I am a newbie to using Clipper. Normally, I use PowerBuilder but I was asked to...
You are right, cewittic.
String hack and slash isn't usually my style.
But I thought, "Why not? When dir /s is doing all the hard work"
Interestingly, I started with a script that looked very...
You probably have a solution by now but for anybody who comes across this page in a search, the answer is quite simple:
del *1*.*
(In your example: del C:\1161_DataFiles\DOS\*1*.*)
will...
Hi friends, Welcome you all. I need to scan and format my D-drive using DOS command. So give me your suggestions how to proceed on...
C:\1161_DataFiles\DOS
What is the command for deleting all the files that have the number 1 in the name from the DOS directory?
Need help please....thanks.
I am a very beginner to DOS:
I need to write a batch program that copies a large text file between server for which I am using the xcopy command. In addition I need to place a second file that...
DOS 6.22 needs a fat 16 partition (2 GB upper limit); if that's ok, try booting from the floppy and typing fdisk /mbr and then sys c:
The above shouldn't be used if you're using a partition...
I'm trying to boot an harddrive into dos 6.22, i format the harddrive after booting into dos 6.22 form a disk, i run format c:/s. after that if i reboot on the disk, a can acces the harddrive, and...
I am new to DOS and I am trying to figure out my homework assignment. How do I write the command for this question? Any help would be appreciated.
How do I copy all the files in the Party...
Hi,
I have what should hopefully be a very simple scenario.
I have a batch file which relies on a text file (e.g. MyConfigUpdate.txt) to retrieve a set of values, line by line. Each line...
Hi,
I have what should hopefully be a very simple scenario.
I have a batch file which relies on a text file to retrieve a set of values, line by line. Each line represents a server name. To...
Hello,
Can anyone help please?
I would like to create a batch file which replaces not just one word or line in a file, but multiple lines, replacing the removed lines with some specified text....
Alright lets say for example I have the following file structure C:\Users\username\Downloads\
Now in downloads, there are folders. If I ONLY wanted to delete the folders in "Downloads" but not...
This is really starting to annoy me now, i whought for shore id get an answer on here. is there really no way to find a device name on a LAN.....?????
I am very new to using MS-DOS as a scripting language so please forgive my (hopefully) easy question. What I am trying to do is take all the files in a folder that are of the following specific...
I need to know not only all the ip address on the system but also the device name they are accociated with.
P.s. I need to use this command on a work network so i really dnt want to install...
nul
set /p backupdpi=nul
set /p backupdpihex=> backupdpi.reg
echo. >> backupdpi.reg
echo >> backupdpi.reg
echo "LogPixels"=dword:%backupdpihex% >> backupdpi.reg
echo. >> backupdpi.reg
move /y...
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