Special Edition Using MS-DOS® 6.22, Third Edition

Chapter 5. Understanding Files and Directories

In this chapter

• Introducing the DOS File System

• Understanding the Role of Directories

• Expanding the File System Through Subdirectories

• Helping DOS Find Files with PATH

• Listing Directories with TREE

• Using a Temporary Directory

• Troubleshooting

Introducing the DOS File System

Two primary roles of a disk operating system are storing and retrieving data. This chapter introduces you to the fundamental ways in which DOS handles these roles. To provide data storage and retrieval, the operating system must provide a common method for file storage and retrieval so that any software package can access information easily and quickly. It is also important that DOS provide these services without your having to know the ...