Personal Computer User Manual

Creating Directories
You use the MKDIR command to create directories. For
example, to create a LEDGER directory under the root directory
of the current drive, type the following and press Enter:
MKDIR \LEDGER
You can abbreviate the name of this command to MD. For
example, to create a SALES directory under the LEDGER
directory, type the following and press Enter:
MD \LEDGER\SALES
If the current directory is the LEDGER directory, you can create
the SALES subdirectory with this command:
MD SALES
Listing the Contents of a Directory
You can use the DIR command to list the contents of a
directory. To list the files in the current directory, type the
following and press Enter:
DIR
MS-DOS lists the names of the files in the current directory on
the current drive, like this:
Volume in drive C is MEMODRIVE
Volume Serial Number is 354C-12E9
Directory of
C:\WORDPROC\PERSONAL
<DIR>
11-09-89 10:16a
. . <DIR> 11-09-89 10:16a
LETTERS <DIR>
12-13-89 1:48p
RESUME.713 8293 12-29-89 9:07a
BOOKRPRT
10866
11-18-89 11:43p
5 File(s) 15013560 bytes free
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