Personal Computer User Manual

Printing Text Files

If you have a printer attached to your computer, you can print

text files with the PRINT command. In general, you will

probably use application programs to print files, but if you need

to print a text file from the MS-DOS command prompt, follow

the steps below.

To print a text file named STATS.NBA on drive C:

Make sure your printer is on and ready to print.

At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and

press

Enter:

PRINT C:STATS.NBA

MS-DOS prompts you for the name of the printing device

connected to your computer. (This is usually the name of

the communications port that the printer cable is

connected to, such as LPT1.)

Type the name of the device, such as

LPT1,

and press

Enter. MS-DOS prints the file on your printer.

See your MS-DOS Reference Manual for more information on

the PRINT command.

Using Directories

You can store many files on a diskette, and a hard disk can

store many more. To help you organize this much information,

MS-DOS lets you subdivide a disk into logical units called

directories. Directories allow you to arrange your disk so that files

of similar type or purpose are kept together.

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