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Type DIR and press Enter to show that you are now in the
LETTERS subdirectory. You should see the following:
<DIR>
LETTER1
<DIR>
Now you can use the LETTER1 file. For example, to
display the contents of the file on the screen, type the
following and press Enter:
TYPE LETTER1
You should see the following:
This is the first letter.
Now type CD\ and press Enter to return to the root
directory.
Using pathnames
You can also use the LETTER1 file without leaving the
root directory. All you have to do is specify the pathname
along with the filename. For example, type the following and
press Enter:
TYPE \ LETTERS \ LETTER1
The pathname \ LETTERS \ LETTER1 is the full pathname
for the file LETTER1. You can use it no matter what directory
you are in (as long as it is on the same disk). The first
backslash (for root directory) signifies that the path to the file
starts in the root directory, and LETTERS is the name of the
subdirectory.
In a pathname, the filename is always last and is always
preceded by a backslash. A backslash at the beginning of a
pathname signifies the root directory, but subsequent
backslashes merely separate directory levels.
Putting files in separate subdirectories is almost the same as
putting them on separate disks. You have to specify the
pathname or change directories to access files in different
Using MS-DOS With the Equity LT
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