Epson 20020 Manuel D’Utilisation

Thus, if the default directory were WORDPROC (in the above

example), the pathname . . \DOS would tell MS-DOS to
move up one level from WORDPROC (in this case to the root

directory) and then find a subdirectory called DOS.

You can use either relative or absolute pathnames at any time,

as long as you give MS-DOS enough information to find the
directory or file at the end of the pathname.

You usually use a pathname when you want to access a file that

is not stored in the current default directory. The name of the

file you want to access is specified at the end of the pathname,

like this:

TYPE \WORDPROC\PERSONAL\JEANl204.DOC

This command tells MS-DOS to list on screen (TYPE) the

contents of the file JEAN1204.DOC, which is stored in the

directory \ WORDPROC \ PERSONAL. Note that the

filename is connected to the pathname by a backslash
character-the same character used to separate the various
directories in the pathname itself.

As explained earlier, if you want to access a file stored on a
drive other than the default drive, you have to include a drive
designator (A:, for example) along with the filename. Likewise,

if the file you want is not stored in the default directory of that

drive, you need to include a pathname as well as the drive

designator.

For example, suppose you are logged onto the root directory of
drive A, and you want to delete the file JEAN1204.DOC,

which is stored in the directory \WORDPROC\PERSONAL

of drive C. Enter the command as follows

DEL C:\WORDPROC\PERSONAL\JEANl204.DOC