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The backslash identifies the LEDGER directory as a subdirectory of

the root directory. Once you are in a directory, you can access any
of the files it contains without typing the full pathname.

To change to a subdirectory of the current directory, you do not
need to type the backslash. For example, if SALES is a subdirectory
of LEDGER, then to change to the SALES directory while you are

in LEDGER, you can type the following and press

Enter:

CD SALES

To change from any directory to its parent directory (the directory

of which it is a subdirectory), type the following and press

Enter:

CD . .

The two periods are a special symbol that represents the parent
directory.

To return to the root directory from any subdirectory, type the
following and press

Enter:

CD \

Copying From One Directory to Another

The COPY command lets you copy files from one directory to

another. To use this command, you must specify the name of the

file you want to copy, as well as the directory to which you want to

copy the file.

For example, if you are in the LETTERS directory (see the diagram

on page 5-6) and want to copy the file APRIL.TXT to the

BUSINESS directory, type the following and press

Enter:

copy APRIL.TXT \WORDPROC\BUSINESS

The command has three parts: the word COPY, the name of the
file you want to copy (APRIL.TXT), and the name of the directory
to which you want to copy this file ( \ WORDPROC\BUSINESS).
You must include spaces or commas between each of the three
parts. The space characters or commas are the delimiters in this
command.

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