Epson Equity LT-386SX User Manual - Page 83

On your own hard disk, you can create a subdirectory structure that is more complex than this one. Or you may prefer to keep things simple. Organize your disk to suit your own needs; you can modify the structure as your needs change. When creating subdirectories, note the following points: 0 Any directory can have any number of subdirectories (except the root directory, which is limited in the number of files and subdirectories). a You name subdirectories in the same way as files. The name can include as many as eight characters (letters or numbers), and you can add an optional extension consisting of up to three characters. U The root directory does not have a name; it is identified by a backslash ( \ ). The Current Directory MS-DOS always recognizes one directory as the current, or default, directory, just as it always recognizes one drive as being the current, or default, drive. The current directory is the directory in which MS-DOS performs your commands, unless you tell it otherwise. If you want to run a program or access a data file that is not stored in the current directory, you can change directories (making a different directory the current directory) or include a pathname in your command. Six basic directory operations are described on the following pages: 0 Listing the contents of a directory LI Using pathnames Cl Creating directories 3-8 Using MS-DOS With Your Computer