Olympia People, User Manual

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Internal Program
DIR (Directory)
NOTE:
If you have not yet entered the
current date and time, refer to
Chapter 4, “ Loading the System
Diskette” .
To check a complete listing of
available programs and files,
you can have the directory of
the system diskette displayed
on the screen. This involves
using the input
DIR (directory).
Follow this procedure to access
the directory of each diskette.
To carry out the next
procedures, formatting and
copying, check to determine
whether the service programs
FORMAT and DISKCOPY are
located on the system diskette
(as indicated on the screen), the
next procedures—formatting and
copying—can be carried out.
• Type in DIR directly
following the MS-DOS
prompt A > .
• Depress the [RETURN] key
to activate the function.
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Calling individual files from DIR
(directory)
You can also get information
about a specific file on your
disk by typing:
DIR xxxxx.xxx
In all cases files are listed with
their size in bytes and with the
time and date of their last
modification. For a complete
description of file types refer to
the MS-DOS Operating System
User Guide.
The computer itself then checks
if the file is on the diskette and
confirms its presence on the
screen.
For example, to see if the
service program FORMAT is on
the system diskette, type in
DIR FORMAT.COM
• [RETURN]
NOTE:
You must include the three-letter
file type indentifier. For a
complete description of file types
refer to the MS-DOS Operating
System User Guide.
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