Epson Apex, User Manual

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Copying from one directory to another
You use the COPY command to copy files from one directory to
another. Specify the pathname of the file you want to copy,
then specify the directory where you want to place the copy. For
example, if you are in the WORDPROC directory and want to
copy MICHELLE from the PERSONAL subdirectory to the
BUSINESS subdirectory, type the following and press
Enter:
COPY PERSONAL\MICHELLE BUSINESS
Be sure to type a space between the filename and the new
pathname. You do not type a backslash before PERSONAL or
BUSINESS
because
they are subdirectories of the current
directory. If you do enter the backslashes, MS-DOS looks in the
root directory for the directory and does not find them.
MS-DOS provides two special notations to identify the current
directory and the next directory. These two notations are the
first entries in each directory other than the root directory:
This represents the current directory. Typing
DIR.
is the
same as typing
DIR
without the period.
This represents the next directory above the current one,
called the parent directory. If WEST is your current
d i r e c t o r y , t y p i n g D I R . .
displays the contents of the SALES
subdirectory.
Using MS-DOS with Your Apex 3-11