Epson Apex 200 User Manual - Page 90

The Default Directory, CHDIR, CD PERSONAL

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The following sections discuss the basics of creating and using directories. Note The XTREE utility provides a simple way to see and organize your directories. See the description of XTREE later in this chapter. The Default Directory MS-DOS always recognizes one directory as the default or current directory, just as it always recognizes one drive as the default drive. The default directory is the one in which MS-DOS performs your commands, unless you tell it to do otherwise. If you want to run a program or access a data file that is not stored in the default directory, you can either change directories (making a different directory the default) or include a pathname in your command. Changing the Default Directory To change from one directory to another, use the CHDIR command, or its shorthand equivalent, CD. For example, to change to the root directory of the default drive from anywhere in the directory tree, type the following and press Enter: CHDIR \ If you are in the WORDPROC directory and you want to change to PERSONAL, a subdirectory of WORDPROC, type the following and press Enter: CD PERSONAL

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The following sections discuss the basics of creating and using
directories.
Note
The XTREE utility provides a simple
way
to see and organize
your directories. See the description of XTREE later in this
chapter.
The Default Directory
MS-DOS always recognizes one directory as the default or
current
directory, just as it always recognizes one drive as the
default drive. The default directory is the one in which
MS-DOS performs your commands, unless you tell it to do
otherwise.
If you want to run a program or access a data file that is not
stored in the default directory, you can either change
directories (making a different directory the default) or include
a
pathname
in your command.
Changing the Default Directory
To change from one directory to another, use the CHDIR
command, or its shorthand equivalent, CD. For example, to
change to the root directory of the default drive from anywhere
in the directory tree, type the following and press
Enter:
CHDIR \
If you are in the WORDPROC directory and you want to
change to PERSONAL, a subdirectory of WORDPROC, type
the following and press
Enter:
CD PERSONAL