Operating System

Case Study

Microsoft DOS

PRSHANT P4

Introduction
MSDOS is Operating System well known as MicroSoft
Disk Operating System.
This Operating System was the main Operating System
for Intel 8086 PCs in year 1980s.
Mostly IBM PCs or compatible PCs were able to use this
operating system
MSDOS is also known as QDOS (Quick and Dirty
Operating System)

Introduction
It is single user Operating System
The command line interpreter of NT-based versions of

Windows, cmd.exe , maintains most of the same

commands and some compatibility with DOS batch files.

Command-Line Interface
DOS Operating System doesnt have GUI (Graphical User Interface) , it
works on CLI (Command Line Interface).
No mouse clicks are requires , every operation is done by using
commands.
Some commands runs / executes directly but some commands requires
to have parameters with it.
Example :
C:/>set
This command executes directly on DOS console
C:/>copy file1.txt file2.txt
This command requires two parameters with it , like file1.txt and
file2.txt

File Management
File Management includes all kinds of file and directory
related operations
Creating Files or Directories

Naming Files

Copying Files or Directories

Moving Files or Directories

Deleting Files or Directories

Tree View Of all files and directories

Setting file atributes

File Management
Creating Files
To create new file we can use edit command to open editor of console. When
edited file is being saved on disk new file is created.
C:/>edit

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Creating Folders
To create new directory / folder we can use mkdir or md command followed by
new folder name
C:/>mkdir new_folder

File Management

Naming Files

To rename existed file type ren command in console with

old filename and new filename
C:/>ren file1.txt file2.txt

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Coping Files

To copy existed file type copy command in console with

filename which you wish to copy with new filename.
C:/>copy file1.txt file2.txt

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Moving Files

To move file from one location to another , use move

command in dos console with source file and destination file
path.
C:/>mov file2.txt c:/new_folder

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Removing Files

To remove file saved on disk , use del command in dos

console.
C:/>del myfile.txt

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Removing Directories
To create new directory / folder we can use mkdir or md command followed by
new folder name
C:/>rmdir new_folder

File Management

Tree View Of all files and directories

DOS file structure is like a tree view consist of files and subdirectories
C:/>tree

File Management
Attributes of files
Attributes of files can be set by using attrib command
C:/>attrib +s +h +r +a file2.txt