CIS 130 Exercises

Homework: "DOS" Command Line File Management

Complete the exercises below using the Command Prompt (in Windows XP) . You may use your book and notes to help you. [NOTE: We will still call these "DOS commands" because they have been around since the days of DOS]

 For each step, write the exact DOS command used.

A. Format your media, use your last name as the Volume label. [You may use a floppy disk or USB storage device, but we will refer to it as the "floppy disk" for this exercise.]

B. Copy MAKE130.EXE to the ROOT directory on your floppy disk. [You may use Windows Explorer for this step ONLY if unsure of how to complete this at the command line prompt]

C. Make the floppy disk your current disk drive and change to the ROOT directory on your floppy disk.

D. Execute the command "MAKE130 -d" This will create a "CLINE130" directory on your floppy disk with files that you will use in the remaining steps.

E. Create a sub-directory "DOSFM" on your floppy disk.

F. Copy all executable files whose filenames begin with "LAB" from the "CLINE130" directory (which you created previously) to the sub-directory "DOSFM" on your floppy disk. [can you do this with one command?]

G. Make the directory "DOSFM" your current directory.

H. Make a duplicate of the program "LABEL" (which may have either a COM or EXE extension). Call the new file "THISIS.FUN".

I. Make a duplicate of the file "THISIS.FUN". Call the new file "HAVING.FUN".

J. Change the name of the file "THISIS.FUN" to "NOMORE.FUN".

K. List the contents of the directory DOSFM. Use Print Screen to print the results. Label this [Print #1]

L. Perform a diskette and memory status check. Print the results of this check. Label this [Print #2].

M. Write  two or three paragraphs (properly formatted and grammatically correct) comparing the Windows file management exercise with this one. Discuss similarities and differences in the capabilities of each system, the file systems used, and the tools available for manipulating files, folders and directories.

This homework will be graded based on your written commands for each step and the printouts of the results shown above. On your printouts clearly label which steps are shown.