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Creating an autoexec.bat file – Epson LT-286 User Manual

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If you used the SELECT command to format your hard disk (see

Chapter 3), you already have an AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The

AUTOEXEC.BAT file created by SELECT contains the following

MS-DOS commands:

PATH C:\;C:\DOS

KEYB US 437 C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS

ECHO OFF

CLS
DATE
TIME

VER

Creating an AUTOEXEC.BAT File

You can create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file with any program

that lets you create a text-only file. If you have a word
processing program that can save a file as a text-only file

(also called an ASCII text file), you can use that program to

create your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Just be sure to name the

file AUTOEXEC.BAT and store it in the root directory of the
hard disk.

Another way to create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file is by using the

MS-DOS COPY command. To do this, follow the instructions

below:

1. At the MS-DOS

C>

prompt, type the following and press

Enter:

COPY CON: C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT

2. Type the commands you want to include in the file exactly as

you want MS-DOS to execute them. Press

Enter

at the end of

each line. After you type the last command, press

Enter

to

move the cursor to the next blank line.

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