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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 1-1
About ROM-DOS............................................................................ 1-1
Programming Conventions........................................................... 1-1
DOS Basics ..................................................................................... 2-1
Files, Directories, and Command Line Entries................................... 2-1
Naming Files.............................................................................. 2-1
Tree-Structured Directory System ................................................ 2-3
Using Wildcard Characters without Long File name Support ............... 2-5
Using Wildcard Characters with Long File name Support ................ 2-6
System Prompt........................................................................... 2-7
Command Line ........................................................................... 2-7
Redirecting Input and Output ....................................................... 2-8
Using Batch Files........................................................................... 2-9
Batch File names.......................................................................2-10
Creating a Batch File .................................................................2-10
Batch File Command Line Parameters .........................................2-11
Batch File Commands ................................................................2-11
Command Summary ......................................................................2-13
Configuring ROM-DOS ..................................................................... 3-1
Basic Configuration........................................................................ 3-1
Example .................................................................................... 3-1
Using Multiple-User Configurations.................................................. 3-1
Extending Menu Items to AUTOEXEC.BAT........................................ 3-5
Bypassing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT Commands ................. 3-6
Stepping Through CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT Commands....... 3-6