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Creating directories, Listing the contents of a directory – Epson 386SX User Manual

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Creating Directories

You use the MKDIR command to create directories. For

example, to create a LEDGER directory under the root directory
of the current drive, type the following and press

Enter:

MKD

IR

\LEDGER

You can abbreviate the name of this command to MD. For

example, to create a SALES directory under the LEDGER
directory, type the following and press

Enter:

MD \LEDGER\SALES

If the current directory is the LEDGER directory, you can create

the SALES subdirectory with this command:

MD SALES

Listing the Contents of a Directory

You can use the DIR command to list the contents of a

directory. To list the files in the current directory, type the

following and press

Enter:

DIR

MS-DOS lists the names of the files in the current directory on

the current drive, like this:

Volume in drive C is MEMODRIVE

Volume Serial Number is 354C-12E9

Directory of

C:\WORDPROC\PERSONAL

11-09-89

10:16a

. .

11-09-89

10:16a

LETTERS

12-13-89

1:48p

RESUME.713

8293 12-29-89

9:07a

BOOKRPRT

10866

11-18-89

11:43p

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