C O 5151A N D R U L E S A N D R E S T R IC T IO N S
(cont-)
P a th sp ecs P a rtial p ath sp ec ex am plcs:
(cont.)
lf you r d ef au lt d ircctory is *
SY S:A C C O U N T IN G LPA Y R O L L, entering
''H O U R L Y yJU L Y '' as a partial pathspec in m ost
com m and s w ill prod uce th e sam e rcsults as cntcrin g
''SY S:A C C O U N T Ã PA Y R O LL yH O U R L Y LJU L Y ''.
Sinlilarly , in relatio n to th c d irectory
SY STA C C O U N T IN G LSA L E S, entering
''
. .
LM A R K E T IN G '' w ould identif y the netw ork
directory SY S:A C C O U N T IN G yM A R K E T IN G
as w ell as if y ou h ad en tered
''SY S:A C C O U N T IN G LM A R K ET IN G ''.
Internal T here are tw o types of com m ands built in to th e N etW are
and E x ternal opcratin g system .
C om m a n d s -
In tern al com m an d s are th e easiest to use. Y ou can n ot sce
th ese co m m an d s w h en you d o a d irectory listin g on yo u r
d rive; th ey arc part of th e com m and processor,
C O M M A N D .C O M , an d are alw ays available to you n o m attcr
w h at d riv e you are on .
E x tern al com m ands reside on drives as program files. T h cy
are read from a d rive b efore th ey ru n . If an extcrn al
com m an d is n ot p rescn t o n y ou r cu rrcn t d rive, or you d o
n ot h a v e a scarch p ath to th e d riv e w h ere th c com m an d
resid es, you m ust ty p e th c lettcr of th e d rive th at
co n ta in s th e com m an d b eforc th e co m m an d n am e in o rd cr to
ex ecu te it. Y ou cou ld also establish a search p a th to th e
req u ired d rive. or y ou cou ld m ak e a cop y of th e com m an d
f ile on th e cu rrent d rive.
N etW are co m m an d s are a 1l ex tern al co m m a n d s. D O S co n ta in u ..-
b0th in tern al an d ex tern al com m an d s. T h e relationsh ip
betw een N etW are and D O S is explained in C hapter 1.
x iv N orth Star N ctW are U scr's M an u al