DOS + Operable Program/Batch File

1) I am not very experienced using DOS. I have used UNIX alot more.

Could someone tell me some of the basic commands equivalent to common commands used in UNIX.

ls = dir
less = ?
more =?
cp = ?
mv = ?
mkdir = ?
rmdir = ?

I'm asking for alot here, but ae there any mods out there that allow me to convert one to the other?

2) I just installed emacs on my Windows system. When i try to open a file using emacs from the command line, I get the following message:

'emacs' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

How can make emacs an operable program so that I can run it from the command line?

It is not in my Program Files folder. I installed in my D:\ instead of C:\ for disk space reasons.

Thanks!

KeinLoffel

 

I believe that in order to use DOS they way I think you would like to you will need to go back to Win98 SE.

Anything above that lacks in DOS support,

XP does not have the capacity to go to a separate DOS at boot up or from within Widows the way SE does.

BillyBob

 

I have used Unix/linux etc very little but


ls = dir Yes correct

less = ? don't know

more =? if used to direct long listings to screen and pause at each screenful then yes as in

dir |more

cp = ? don't know

mv = ? assume this is the move command as in

move thisfile.txt c:\thisplace (will move the file to \thisplace instead of copy)

mkdir = ? Yes as is or can be shortend to md
rmdir = ? Yes as is or can be shortend to rd

If you will explain the function of the others; less, cp I will give you the equivelent.

Your emacs is not found in the path so specify as in

d:\EmacsDir\emacs (replace EmacsDir with true location)

Mike

PS to get help on all builtin commands do this

dir /?
copy /?
move /?

 

Mike - for the Unix-impared, take a look at http://www.math.wpi.edu/Doc/help/unix.html

keinloffel - most (but by no means all) the Unix commands do have a DOS equiv. And if you locate the file you need, you can add the location to your environmental variables which puts it on the path the PC will routinely check.