Epson Apex, User Manual

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third line changes the command prompt to display the current
directory as well as the current drive, and the fourth line clears
the screen.
Here are some other suggestions for commands you can include
in an AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
Modify the PATH command to include the directories
containing other software programs you commonly use.
Add the XTREE command to the end of the list of
commands so that you start each session within XTREE.
Add the SPEED command so your computer is running at
fast speed at startup.
Creating an AUTOEXEC.BAT file
You can create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file using any command or
program that lets you create a text-only file. If you have a word
processing program that can save a file as a text-only file (some-
times called an ASCII text file), you can use that program to
create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
The MS-DOS COPY command provides an easy way to create
an AUTOEXEC.BAT file. At the MS-DOS command prompt,
type the following and press
Enter:
COPY CON: C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
C
: is the drive which will contain the AUTOEXEC.BAT file
you are creating. Type the commands you want to include in
the file exactly as you want MS-DOS to execute them. Press
Enter
at the end of each line. After you type the last command,
press
Enter
to move the cursor to a blank line. Now press F6
and then
Enter.
COPY copies everything you entered (from
CON:, a special name for the keyboard) to the file
AUTOEXEC.BAT.
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