Epson 20020 Manuel D’Utilisation

For example, if you have two diskette drives, and are logged

onto drive A, you could format a diskette in drive B with the
command:

FORMAT B:

In this case, MS-DOS looks on drive A, the default drive, for
the file named FORMAT.COM. If the diskette in that drive
contains the file FORMAT.COM (as does the Startup
diskette), MS-DOS finds it there. If you are logged onto drive

B, however, you would need to enter the command like this:

A:FORMAT B:

This tells MS-DOS to look on drive A for FORMAT.COM.

To enter an MS-DOS command, you need to type the

command in the correct format. The command format provides
MS-DOS with the information needed to perform a task.

The MS-DOS command format consists of the command
name, parameters, and delimiters. The command name tells

MS-DOS the task you want the computer to perform.
Parameters specify details such as what data you want to

process and where to locate or store a file. Delimiters are

characters such as spaces or commas that separate command
names and parameters.

For example, the command to format a diskette in drive A is:

Using MS-DOS With Your Computer

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