Tuesday, July 15, 2008

#4 Copying Files

COPY command is used to copy one or more files from one disk to another. An additional copy of the given file on the same disk but with a different file name.

It is an internal command

Format: COPY [d] filespec [d:] [filename [.ext]]

Files can be copied from one directory to another, but both source and target directories must be specified .

There is also the DISKCOPY command, which allows one to copy from one diskette onto another. This copies an exact image of the source isk on the target disk.

It is external.

Format: DISKCOPY [d:] [d:]

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