andrew@cs.arizona.edu (Andrei V. Zaitsev) (04/13/91)
The DOS seems to be the less self-documented system than any other system I know. I cannot memorize all the paramateres of FORMAT (XCOPY,etc) command and when I don't have a DOS manual with me , nothing can help me. Does somebody know where I can get a file containing a brief description of the DOS commands ? (Of course , I can take a manual and create such I file by myself , but I suspect that somebody could have already done this job before me ... ).
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (04/13/91)
In article <1386@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> andrew@cs.arizona.edu (Andrei V. Zaitsev) writes: : >Does somebody know where I can get a file containing >a brief description of the DOS commands ? : Get /pc/INDEX from our anonymous ftp site and take a look at the /pc/doshelp directory. ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
ralphs@seattleu.edu (Ralph Sims) (04/14/91)
andrew@cs.arizona.edu (Andrei V. Zaitsev) writes: > Does somebody know where I can get a file containing > a brief description of the DOS commands ? Along with a myriad of DOS help TSR's, etc., there's 4DOS, which will replace command.com and provide a handy DOs help guide via the F1 key. It's a good pllication to have, in any event, as there are many things in there that MICROSOFT never thought of. -- halcyon!ralphs@seattleu.edu The 23:00 News and Mail Service - +1 206 292 9048 - Seattle, WA USA +++ A Waffle Iron, Model 1.64 +++
gerardis@cs.mcgill.ca (Tony GERARDIS) (04/14/91)
In article <1386@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> andrew@cs.arizona.edu (Andrei V. Zaitsev) writes: >The DOS seems to be the less self-documented system >than any other system I know. I cannot memorize all >the paramateres of FORMAT (XCOPY,etc) command and >when I don't have a DOS manual with me , nothing can >help me. >Does somebody know where I can get a file containing >a brief description of the DOS commands ? >(Of course , I can take a manual and create such I file >by myself , but I suspect that somebody could have >already done this job before me ... ). Try using MSDOS 5.0 if you can get your hands on it! You just type: <command> /? and you get the full syntax, explanation and parameters for ALL of the executable commands! or you can simply type: help <command> and get the same effect! I used to have A program which used to be a help utility for MSDOS 3.3 so I know independent one's exist. Actually it was even PD, I had gotten it from an old version of COMPUTE magazine (that came with disks)!!! Tony Gerardis!
fisher@sc2a.unige.ch (04/16/91)
In article <1386@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>, andrew@cs.arizona.edu (Andrei V. Zaitsev) writes: > Does somebody know where I can get a file containing > a brief description of the DOS commands ? Try the directory PD1:<MSDOS.INFO> at Simtel20. The help program suiting me best is the one called RBHELP.ARC (it contains a help file for dos 3.3, with additional info on 4.0).
richard@calvin.ee.cornell.edu (Richard Brittain - VOS hacker) (04/19/91)
In article <1991Apr16.082409.403@sc2a.unige.ch> fisher@sc2a.unige.ch writes: >In article <1386@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>, andrew@cs.arizona.edu (Andrei V. Zaitsev) writes: >> Does somebody know where I can get a file containing >> a brief description of the DOS commands ? >Try the directory PD1:<MSDOS.INFO> at Simtel20. The help program suiting me >best is the one called RBHELP.ARC (it contains a help file for dos 3.3, with >additional info on 4.0). Glad somebody found this useful. The latest version on simtel is RBHELP30.ZIP which does everything the early version did, and has browsing and paging also. The actual help text however, is pretty much identical except for the addition of cross reference info. -- Richard Brittain, School of Elect. Eng., Eng. and Theory Center Cornell university, Ithaca, NY 14853 INTERNET: richard@calvin.ee.cornell.edu UUCP: {uunet,uw-beaver,rochester,cmcl2}!cornell!calvin!richard