Epson Y16499100301 User Manual

Type DIR and press 

Enter 

to show that you are now in the

LETTERS subdirectory. You should see the following:

< D I R >

LETTER1

< D I R >

Now you can use the LETTER1 file. For example, to

display the contents of the file on the screen, type the
following and press 

Enter:

TYPE LETTER1

You should see the following:

This is the first letter.

Now type CD\ and press 

Enter 

to return to the root

directory.

You can also use the LETTER1 file without leaving the

root directory. All you have to do is specify the pathname

along with the filename. For example, type the following and

press 

Enter:

TYPE \ LETTERS \ LETTER1

The pathname \ LETTERS \ LETTER1 is the full pathname
for the file LETTER1. You can use it no matter what directory
you are in (as long as it is on the same disk). The first

backslash (for root directory) signifies that the path to the file

starts in the root directory, and LETTERS is the name of the

subdirectory.

In a pathname, the filename is always last and is always

preceded by a backslash. A backslash at the beginning of a
pathname signifies the root directory, but subsequent

backslashes merely separate directory levels.

Putting files in separate subdirectories is almost the same as

putting them on separate disks. You have to specify the

pathname or change directories to access files in different

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