Epson LT-286e Manuale Utente

To copy all files on the diskette in drive A to the current

directory on the hard disk, type the following and press Enter:

COPY A:*.* C:

To copy all files with names that begin with the four letters

MEMO and end with any single character, type the following

and press Enter:

COPY A:MEMO? C:

You can also use the COPY command to combine a number of

files into one file. For example, to create a new file called

DATA that consists of the files REPORT, FACTS, and

MEMO, type the following and press Enter:

COPY REPORT + FACTS + MEMO DATA

MS-DOS combines the three files into one file, in the order in

which you specified their names.

The BACKUP command lets you store files in a special format

for archive purposes. You normally use BACKUP to back up

hard disk files; however, you can use it to copy files from any

disk to another (hard disk to diskette, diskette to hard disk,

diskette to diskette, or hard disk to hard disk).

There are advantages to using the BACKUP command:

BACKUP can split large files between two or more

diskettes. That is, if the diskette to which you are copying

has only 200KB of available space, and the next file to be

backed up occupies 300KB, the BACKUP command copies

the first part of the file to the current diskette and the

remainder to the next backup diskette. This results in more

efficient diskette use.

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Using MS-DOS With Your Computer