*************************************************** D O S disk operating system *************************************************** Command List written by: paranoidxe ATTRIB - removes/adds attributes to files. + sets attribute - removes attribute R read-only attrib. A archive attrib. S system file attrib. H hidden file attrib. /S process files in all directories in spec. path DIR - displays contents of directory /P pause after each screen /W wide list format /O list by sorted order N - by name S - by size E - by extension D - by date G - group directories first A - last access date /S - display files in spec. directory/sub-directory /B - Use bare format /L - Use lower case /V - verbose mode FDISK - microsoft repartitioning software for hard drives /X - ignore extended disk access support /MBR - fixes Master Boot Record if damaged /CMBR - fixes MBR on specified drive /Q - prevents fdisk from booting system after completion /STATUS - shows hard drive status /ACTOK - prevents integrity check /FPRMT - allows support of FAT32 on drives > 540MB CD - Change directories (ex. cd windows or cd\windows) CHKDSK - checks disks for errors filename - checks files fragmentation /f - fixes errors found /v - displays full path/name of every file on disk MKDIR - makes a directory (ex. mkdir ie5) PING - sends a packet to specified server, highly customizeable -t prings specific host until stopped -a resolve address to hostname -n number of echo requests to send -l send buffer size -f Set don't fragment flag in packet -i TTL Time to Live -v TOS Type of Service -r Record route for count hops -s Timestamp for count hops EDIT - brings up basic editor for DOS /B - force monochrome mode /H - display max number of lines possible /R - Load files in read-only mode /S - force use of short filenames / - Load binary file(s) filename - displays filename in Edit COPY - copies one file source to another (ex. copy ex.exe C:\win\) /A - indicates ASCII text file /B - indicates Binary file /V - Verifies new files /Y - Supress prompt to confirm overwrite /-Y - Forces prompt to confirm overwrite DISKCOPY - copies one disk to another, recommended floppy only. /l - compares only 1st side of disks /8 - compares 1st 8 sectors per track NETSTAT - displays TCP/IP protocol information -a - displays all connections/ports -e - ethernet statistics -r - routing table -s - per-protocol statistics XCOPY - advanced copy function, allows copying of files, folders, and entire drives to another location. /A - copy with archive attrib. /M - copy with archive attrib. removes it /P - prompt per file /S - copies directories/subdir except empties /E - copies directories/subdir including empties /W - press key before copying /C - copy even with errors /I - create non-existing directories /Q - hides filenames when copying /R - overwrites read-only files /T - create directory structure /U - update existing files already in destination /K - copies attributes /Y - overwrite existing files with no prompt /N - copy using generated short names /-Y - prompt before overwriting files IPCONFIG - Shows network settings, can verify network settings as well as connection status. /All - detailed information /renew_all - renews all adapters /renew - renews adapter /release_all - releases all adapters /release_ - releases adapter DELTREE - deletes files or folders permanently from computer. /Y - suppresses prompt for each file/folder MSCDEX - CDROM redirecting program. /D:devicename - specify name for driver /M: - specify number of sectors to cache table of cdrom disk /E - use extended memory /V - display info on memory usage when booted /L: - specify first CDROM Drive letter /S - sharable on MS-NET based systems VOL - displays volume information for the targeted drive ECHO - used to repeat text typed in a file to show on a screen. EXTRACT - Microsoft CAB extracting program, can pull files out of .cab files and put them on the drive. MEM - Displays the available/used/free memory on the computer. RMDIR - removes *empty* directories UNDELETE - allows you to undelete files that were accidently deleted. /all - automatically recover all files specified /list - All available recoverable files list /status - type of delete protection present on computer UNFORMAT - used to unformat a drive /J - verifies that the mirror files agree with the sys info on the disk /U - unformat without MIRROR files /L - lists all files/directories found /test - displays information but does not write any changes FIND - used to search for a text string in a file. /V - displays all lines NOT containing the spec. word /C - displays only lines that contain the spec. word /I - ignore casing of the spec. word