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                                                  Command List

written by: paranoidxe








ATTRIB - removes/adds attributes to files.
          + sets attribute
          - removes attribute
          R read-only attrib.
          A archive attrib.
          S system file attrib.
          H hidden file attrib.
         /S process files in all directories in spec. path


DIR - displays contents of directory
      /P pause after each screen
      /W wide list format
      /O list by sorted order
              N - by name
              S - by size
              E - by extension
              D - by date
              G - group directories first
              A - last access date
             /S - display files in spec. directory/sub-directory
             /B - Use bare format
             /L - Use lower case
             /V - verbose mode

FDISK - microsoft repartitioning software for hard drives
       /X - ignore extended disk access support
       /MBR - fixes Master Boot Record if damaged
       /CMBR <disk> - fixes MBR on specified drive
       /Q - prevents fdisk from booting system after completion
       /STATUS - shows hard drive status
       /ACTOK - prevents integrity check
       /FPRMT - allows support of FAT32 on drives > 540MB

CD - Change directories (ex. cd windows or cd\windows)

CHKDSK - checks disks for errors
        filename - checks files fragmentation
        /f - fixes errors found
        /v - displays full path/name of every file on disk

MKDIR - makes a directory (ex. mkdir ie5)

PING - sends a packet to specified server, highly customizeable
      -t     prings specific host until stopped
      -a     resolve address to hostname
      -n <x> number of echo requests to send
      -l <x> send buffer size
      -f     Set don't fragment flag in packet
      -i TTL Time to Live
      -v TOS Type of Service
      -r <x> Record route for count hops
      -s <x> Timestamp for count hops

EDIT - brings up basic editor for DOS
      /B - force monochrome mode
      /H - display max number of lines possible
      /R - Load files in read-only mode
      /S - force use of short filenames
      /<x> - Load binary file(s)
      filename - displays filename in Edit



COPY - copies one file source to another (ex. copy ex.exe C:\win\)
      /A - indicates ASCII text file
      /B - indicates Binary file
      /V - Verifies new files
      /Y - Supress prompt to confirm overwrite
      /-Y - Forces prompt to confirm overwrite

DISKCOPY - copies one disk to another, recommended floppy only.
          /l - compares only 1st side of disks
          /8 - compares 1st 8 sectors per track


NETSTAT - displays TCP/IP protocol information
         -a - displays all connections/ports
         -e - ethernet statistics
         -r - routing table
         -s - per-protocol statistics


XCOPY - advanced copy function, allows copying of files, folders,
       and entire drives to another location.
       /A - copy with archive attrib.
       /M - copy with archive attrib. removes it
       /P - prompt per file
       /S - copies directories/subdir except empties
       /E - copies directories/subdir including empties
       /W - press key before copying
       /C - copy even with errors
       /I - create non-existing directories
       /Q - hides filenames when copying
       /R - overwrites read-only files
       /T - create directory structure
       /U - update existing files already in destination
       /K - copies attributes
       /Y - overwrite existing files with no prompt
       /N - copy using generated short names
       /-Y - prompt before overwriting files

IPCONFIG - Shows network settings, can verify network settings as
          well as connection status.
          /All - detailed information
          /renew_all - renews all adapters
          /renew <x> - renews <x> adapter
          /release_all - releases all adapters
          /release_<x> - releases <x> adapter


DELTREE - deletes files or folders permanently from computer.
         /Y - suppresses prompt for each file/folder

MSCDEX  - CDROM redirecting program.
         /D:devicename - specify name for driver
         /M:<n> - specify number of sectors to cache table
                  of cdrom disk
         /E - use extended memory
         /V - display info on memory usage when booted
         /L:<drive> - specify first CDROM Drive letter
         /S - sharable on MS-NET based systems

VOL - displays volume information for the targeted drive
ECHO - used to repeat text typed in a file to show on a screen.
EXTRACT - Microsoft CAB extracting program, can pull files out of
         .cab files and put them on the drive.
MEM - Displays the available/used/free memory on the computer.
RMDIR - removes *empty* directories
UNDELETE - allows you to undelete files that were accidently deleted.
          /all - automatically recover all files specified
          /list - All available recoverable files list
          /status - type of delete protection present on computer
UNFORMAT - used to unformat a drive
          /J - verifies that the mirror files agree with the sys
               info on the disk
          /U - unformat without MIRROR files
          /L - lists all files/directories found
          /test - displays information but does not write
                  any changes
FIND - used to search for a text string in a file.
      /V - displays all lines NOT containing the spec. word
      /C - displays only lines that contain the spec. word
      /I - ignore casing of the spec. word

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