Dos

[Element432 10+ year member]

Blaah, i'm learning about dos commands in class right now.

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[tEh koRnDog 5,000+ posts]

um ok?

First

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

c:

deltree *.*

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[Element432 10+ year member]

lol

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

c:deltree *.*

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The dos shell won't allow you to delete all files because many of them are currently running. This will however make a mess out of the OS.

Perhaps an even better thing would be this:

format c:

immediately followed by pressing Y at the second promt

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

The dos shell won't allow you to delete all files because many of them are currently running. This will however make a mess out of the OS.
Perhaps an even better thing would be this:

format c:

immediately followed by pressing Y at the second promt

Yeah, that'd work as well...either or would leave you with a pile of crapola on your hands....

 

[ekincam 10+ year member]

c:deltree *.*

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No dude

deltree /y c:\

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

You are correct. Just goes to show how long its been since I've used a Microsoft (and with Dos, this is debatable) operating system.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

tres

Lol at people learning dos commands. Most people nowadays can only use the mouse and click. I remember when windows didnt exist. Yea I am old. Flame.

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

can u say Unix command line? I'm learning it right now

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

Blaah, i'm learning about dos commands in class right now.

My question would be 'why?'

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

tres
Lol at people learning dos commands. Most people nowadays can only use the mouse and click. I remember when windows didnt exist. Yea I am old. Flame.

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[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

My question would be 'why?'

gotta know the past before you can really know the basis of what your doing. That is of course, if you truely want to be good at your field.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

LOL, we should all start studying up on 8 track players and Beta MAx

 

[2kchevy06civic 5,000+ posts]

Because you need to understand that a computer doesn't see a flashy GUI like we do. A computer only knows numbers 0 or 1, or basically on and off.

Dos teaches you to really understand the processes of what a computer might have to do compared to just simply clicking. I don't know why you would want to know DOS otherwise personally but to know the history it's good to know.

cls = clear screen

dir = directory

cd = change directory

cd..=go back a directory

ipconfig = shows i.p, subnet, gateway

ipconfig /all = well shows all

a command plus /? = shows you what all you can do with said command

that's really all you need to know, I can't think of anything else off the top of my head that I personally use whenever I bring up DOS. They might have you do something else though in class. It's been a while since I've had to do it.