From 41f8628bc1ac11f4b058ce8be052b688b3b099b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DarkSun Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2021 05:03:56 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=E9=80=89=E9=A2=98[tech]:=2020210602=20How=20to?= =?UTF-8?q?=20navigate=20FreeDOS=20with=20CD=20and=20DIR?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit sources/tech/20210602 How to navigate FreeDOS with CD and DIR.md --- ...How to navigate FreeDOS with CD and DIR.md | 71 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 71 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sources/tech/20210602 How to navigate FreeDOS with CD and DIR.md diff --git a/sources/tech/20210602 How to navigate FreeDOS with CD and DIR.md b/sources/tech/20210602 How to navigate FreeDOS with CD and DIR.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..53cefa4b91 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20210602 How to navigate FreeDOS with CD and DIR.md @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +[#]: subject: (How to navigate FreeDOS with CD and DIR) +[#]: via: (https://opensource.com/article/21/6/navigate-freedos-cd-dir) +[#]: author: (Jim Hall https://opensource.com/users/jim-hall) +[#]: collector: (lujun9972) +[#]: translator: ( ) +[#]: reviewer: ( ) +[#]: publisher: ( ) +[#]: url: ( ) + +How to navigate FreeDOS with CD and DIR +====== +Armed with just two commands DIR and CD, you can navigate your FreeDOS +system from the command line. +![4 different color terminal windows with code][1] + +FreeDOS is an open source DOS-compatible operating system that you can use to play classic DOS games, run legacy business software, or develop embedded systems. Any program that works on MS-DOS should also run on FreeDOS. + +But if you've never used DOS, you might be confused about how to navigate the system. FreeDOS is primarily a command-line interface; there is no default graphical user interface (GUI) in FreeDOS. You need to type every command at the command line. + +Two commands that help you find your way around FreeDOS: `CD` and `DIR`. I've written those commands in all uppercase, but DOS is actually _case insensitive_, so you can type your commands using either uppercase or lowercase letters. DOS doesn't care. + +Let's start with the `DIR` command. This command name is short for _directory_ and is similar to the `ls` command on Linux systems. You can run `DIR` anywhere on your system to see what files you have. Just type the command `DIR` to get a list of files and directories: + +![DIR listing of the D: drive][2] + +Jim Hall, CC-BY SA 4.0 + +The output from `DIR` is very utilitarian. At the top, `DIR` prints the "volume name" of the current drive. Then `DIR` shows all the files and directories. In the screenshot, you can see the directory listing of the FreeDOS 1.3 RC4 LiveCD. It contains several directories, including the `FREEDOS` directory which contains all of the core FreeDOS programs and utilities. You can also see several files, starting with the `COMMAND.COM` shell, which is similar to Bash on Linux—except much simpler. The FreeDOS kernel itself is the `KERNEL.SYS `file further down the list. + +At the top level of any drive, before you go into a directory, you are at the _root directory_. DOS uses the `\` ("back slash") character to separate directories in a path, which is slightly different from the `/` ("slash") character in Linux systems. + +To navigate into a directory, you can use the `CD` command. Like `cd` on Linux, this stands for _change directory_. The `CD` command sets the new _working directory_ to wherever you want to go. For example, you might go into the `GAMES` directory and use `DIR` to list its contents: + +![Use CD to change your working directory][3] + +Jim Hall, CC-BY SA 4.0 + +You can also specify a path to `CD`, to jump to a specific directory elsewhere on your system. If I wanted to change to the `FREEDOS` directory, I could simply specify the full path relative to the root directory. In this case, that's the `\FREEDOS` directory. From there, I can run another `DIR` command to see the files and directories stored there: + +![Specify a full path to change to another working directory][4] + +Jim Hall, CC-BY SA 4.0 + +Like Linux, DOS also uses `.` and `..` to represent a _relative path_. The `.` directory is the current directory, and `..` is the directory that's one level before it, or the _parent_ directory. Using `..` allows you to "back up" one directory with the `CD` command, so you don't need to specify a full path. + +From the first `DIR` screenshot, we can see the root directory also contains a `DEVEL` directory. If we're already in the `\FREEDOS` directory, we can navigate to `DEVEL` by "backing up" one directory level, and "going into" the `..\DEVEL` directory via a relative path: + +![Use .. to navigate using a relative path][5] + +Jim Hall, CC-BY SA 4.0 + +Armed with just two commands `DIR` and `CD`, you can navigate your FreeDOS system from the command line. Try it on your FreeDOS system to locate files and execute programs. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://opensource.com/article/21/6/navigate-freedos-cd-dir + +作者：[Jim Hall][a] +选题：[lujun9972][b] +译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://opensource.com/users/jim-hall +[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 +[1]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/styles/image-full-size/public/lead-images/freedos.png?itok=aOBLy7Ky (4 different color terminal windows with code) +[2]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/uploads/dir1.png (DIR listing of the D: drive) +[3]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/uploads/cd-games2.png (Use CD to change your working directory) +[4]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/uploads/cd-freedos3.png (Specify a full path to change to another working directory) +[5]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/uploads/cd-devel4.png (Use .. to navigate using a relative path)