Disk Operating System (DOS) DOS, an acronym for Disk Operating System, represents a family of Operation Systems that were at the height of their popularity through the 1980s and into the early 1990s. The different flavours include: DR-DOS (Digital Research Corporation) FreeDOS (free and open ...
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What can cause the move command to return “0 files?”
I have a batch file which uses a move command to pull files from another computer:
move \\otherpc\source\directory\*.bin c:\destination\
Normally, if there are indeed no files which match the ...
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Issue with DOSKEY.exe (Keyboard History Utility)
Each time I open up a program and attempt to close it, I get an error saying "Keyboard History Utility has stopped working"..after which I have to click "Close the program" under the error several ...
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Automate opening of DOS program under DOSBox / Windows 7
I use DOSBox and it works pretty well, but each time I want to run the application I have to launch DOSBox, then type:
mount c c:\path\to\app
c:
cd app
app.exe
Can I somehow automate the process, ...
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DOS copy recursive, but squash directory structure
Similar to How can I copy file recursively ignoring destination directory structure? but in DOS.
I'd like to copy all files recursively, but in the destination folder I'd like to squash the directory ...
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Is it a DOS or DDOS if the attacking computers are on the same network
I'm currently doing a reflective report (reviewing someone else's work) for uni and the report is about DDOS.
For the report the author carried out a DOS attack on a web server using computers that ...
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What is the name of the this DOS font? Where and how to add it? Why is there a 1 pixel gap?
So basically I somehow stepped into this webpage:
www.braindamage.vg
And the first thing that hit me hard was the lovely DOS fonts, so naturally I wanted to get them into my IDE badly.
Opened the ...
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FTP Command for deleting multiple files as once
I'm trying to run this command via FTP in order to delete some files I have stored in a folder in my website:
DEL *.csv
However this doesn't work and I don't know why. However if I try to delete ...
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How can I run a (16-bit) .COM executable that has been renamed to .COS?
I'm trying to run a couple of 16-bit legacy DOS programs from a standard windows XP dos prompt. The problem is that the file extensions have been renamed from .COM to .COS and they are stored on ...
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Automatic Remote REGEDIT?
I've got a lot of computers on the domain here that do not have remote desktop enabled. I can go into DOS and do this command:
REG.exe ADD \\[the machine im doing this ...
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Moving the contents of one text file to the end of another
How to append the contents of one text file (file1.txt) to another (file2.txt), and to delete the contents of the first file but still keeping it empty using DOS/cmd commands?
Is there a way to do ...
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Floppy drive doesn’t work in Windows, but does outside of Windows
Problem
My (internal) floppy drive does not work in Windows (neither XP nor 7). That is, when trying to access the A: drive, nothing occurs, no light, no motor, nothing.
It does however work in DOS, ...
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Is there a “FORCMD” variable (like “DIRCMD”, “COPYCMD”, etc.)?
The dir command checks for a dircmd environment variable for default arugments to use. Likewise, the copy and move commands check copycmd. Is there a corresponding variable (by any name) for the for ...
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DOS application to allow remote management of files over serial link
Harken back to the days of DOS.
I have an embedded DOS handheld device, and I'm looking for a tool to manage the files stored on it. I picture an application I can launch on the device that opens ...
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Dir all hard drives with output in DOS batch
How can I list all files (including system and hidden) on all hard drives (not removable drives)?
I think in something like a:
dir -a -h *.* /s > file.txt
but this is for the specific drive ...
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How come sites like Google/Facebook/etc. don't get DDOS'd even though they receive so many requests?
Something I don't understand:
(Tens/hundreds of?) thousands of people simultaneously try to connect to a site like facebook.com or google.com.
From what I understand, they must all necessarily ...
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List only files of a particular extension with the DIR command
On Windows, we can see directory content using the DIR command.
I want to know, how can one see the list of only those files which have particular extension, e.g I want to see list of all .txt ...
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“Device Not Ready” when attempting to connecting an old (DOS) hard drive to windows 7
I have an old Western Digital Caviar 2540 hard drive that I am attempting to connect to a Windows 7 machine by using a Bytecc BT-300 USB 2.0 to IDE/SATA Adapter. I'm connecting things in the right ...
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DosBox Booting From HDD Image, FreeDOS Image created with qemu-img.
I'm having trouble booting a HDD image with DosBox. I've only gotten either read errors, or boot failures.
The HDD image is a verified working FreeDOS installation, created with qemu-img.
The image ...
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Any way to simulate numpad input on MacBook Air 2011?
I'm, running a 747 simulator in VMWare Fusion on a mid-2011 MacBook Air. It requires the use of the numpad (its very old) to enter numbers into the CDU. I have tried FN+keys on the right side of the ...
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Set DOS console mode (40 character mode)
How exactly would you set the DOS console to 40 character mode (which I belive looks like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZIzCGir58Y)? I know you can do it, as in old games like ZZT.
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Extract all Zip's in a directory (incl. subfolders) with a .bat file or dos command
I want to extract all .zip's and .rars in a folder and its children
the structure is like this:
MAIN_FOLDER
-A folder
- a.zip
-a.rar
-B folder
- b.zip
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Installing IBM PC DOS 4.0 on VMWare
I'm trying to install IBM PC DOS 4.0 onto a VMWare virtual machine. The machine keeps rebooting, gets to a blank cursor, then reboots again.
I've booted a Windows 98 boot disk just fine so it's ...
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Why did DOS software packages often require a “100% compatible” system?
The system requirements for many software packages for DOS specify an "IBM PC or 100% compatible". Why "100% compatible"? Were there systems at the time that had only partial IBM PC compatibility?
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How do I detect if uTorrent is downloading?
I need to write a script that determines whether or not uTorrent is currently downloading something. I'd rather it just be downloading, but if I cannot differentiate between downloading and uploading ...
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Is there a way to use * in the destination of cp, mv, etc?
On DOS/Windows Shell (shhh) you can do this kind of thing:
ren *.doc *.txt
copy my-precious-document.doc *-backup.doc
Is there a way to do this is the Linux (including OS X) world? It's a very ...
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How to get a list of non read only files in Windows?
I need to find a way to get a list of all the Non Read Only files under a specific path on windows server 2003.
I tried the following command, but I also got all the directories which are non Read ...
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DOS command to change folder permissions on a remote computer
Is there any DOS command present using which I can change permission for a folder which reside on a remote computer. Appreciate your help on this.
Thanks.
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Do you have to install DOS 6.22 before installing Windows 3.0?
I've been tasked with creating a VM with Windows 3.0 and Office 3.0 on it. I have the install disks for Windows and Office but not for DOS. Do I need to have DOS installed first to install Windows ...
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Why do “ls” in unix and “dir” in dos have different names?
Why do they have different names for the same command, listing a directory? Surely, they could have talked to each other and agreed on one common name, such as for example cd which is the same for ...
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Windows - how to copy searched/found files to another location?
I would like to write a batch file to search for files with a particular pattern in sub-directories and copy them to a particular directory. It seems easy in Linux but how can I do that in Windows?
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DOS network-adapter driver compatible with VirtualBox
I'm migrating some DOS machines to VirtualBox. I use the common NetWare-style IPX stack. The problem is that VirtualBox doesn't emulate any of the network-adapters that I have drivers for. So, where ...
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How can I access a more accurate time in a Command Prompt aka “DOS”
I am running a batch script to retrieve information from a device. Tieing this up with a separate log file requires accuracy greater than the minute accuracy I can get using time /t.
This question ...
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How to disable .com files in the CLI in Windows 7 32bit?
I just set up a Windows 7 x86 32bit SP1 enterprise installation,
typed edit (have a costum edit.cmd in my path, in a directory within my user profile) into the CLI, and found out it still has edit.com ...
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Creating a folder from first 5 characters of filename in a batch file
Here's what I have:
C:\test\12345-test1.txt
C:\test\23456-test2.txt
C:\test\44444-test3.doc
I would like to have the script read the first 5 digits from the file, create a folder with those digits, ...
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Data being stolen from my server from IP address owned by large US corporation. What to do besides blocking them? [closed]
My webserver was hit by 3 different IP addresses all owned by a large US corporation (Large Borg like Software company).
While I have controls in place to detect and stop these attempts at data theft ...
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cd (change directory) to my home directory on Windows [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a short cut command in Windows command prompt to get to the current users home directory like there is in Linux?
Any short way to cd to the user specific ...
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Tool for creating system image from DOS (should be USB bootable) ..?
I want to know if there's any decent tool which can be used to create the system image from DOS .. What I specifically want to do is to put the program in my FAT32 formatted USB, then boot the target ...
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DOS Command: How can I perform a ping every X minuts and check the response time?
I am currently working in a big company and we have serious latency issues.
This is happening in a process control system, and is unacceptable (Open a valve sometimes take 2 minuts before command ...
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Deleting Multiple Files
I am deleting multiple files with the command:
del /s *.doc *.rtf *.txt
I get the error Could Not Find *.doc.
How can I get the command to continue deleting RTF and TXT files when there are no ...
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How do I recursively list filenames (only) in DOS/Windows? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Get bare file names recursively in command prompt
I would like to recursively list all files in a directory, showing filenames only (without extensions and without the ...
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How to image a floppy on Win98/Dos for Virtualbox?
I need to make an image of a floppy disk containing Dos drivers to use in VirtualBox. Is there to do it in the Win98 command line environment?
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How can I execute my old DOS-only applications on a modern computer?
The first versions of my software that I developed back in 1991 were DOS-only versions that I wrote using Turbo Pascal. At the time, it never occurred to me that I would actually still be selling ...
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Equivalent of badblocks on Windows or DOS
Is there a utility in DOS or Windows that is as thorough as badblocks on Linux?
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Batch file to backup and change environment variables
How do I write a batch file that backs up and restores the environment variables.
After that, I want to set some of the variables and if something goes wrong, I can rollback the changes with this ...
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How to detect DoS attacks / manually block IP on Ubuntu?
I have a VPS with Ubuntu. I host a small website (~10 visitors at the same time). Sometimes the website starts lagging. It lags so bad that my SSH connection starts lagging too. Running top says that ...
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How can I maximize the window of a DOS application? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to make consoles full screen?
I have Windows XP installed on my laptop and can't maximize the window of my 16bit application.
When I try Alt-Enter, it ...
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Is it possible to run an old 16-bit DOS application under Windows 7 64-bit? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Why 64 bit OS can't run a 16 bit application?
How do I get 16-bit programs to work on a 64-bit Windows?
Here at work my new development machine is Windows 7 64-bit ...
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Networking DOS within Windows 7 XP Mode, with a Windows XP/7 Networked Share
For awhile now, one of my clients has been stuck with Corel Paradox 4.0 (it used to be the biggest database system in the DOS days, until Microsoft released Access in the early 90's) so for awhile ...
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dos unallocated hard drive ibm thinkpad
I zero'd out my hard drive with something called kill disk. It unfortunately doesn't have a format option. So now my hard drive is basically 20GB of unallocated space. When I boot from my usb ...
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Can you send function key commands to DOS from a batch file?
I am new to batch files and I need to write one for a program that runs in DOS. One of the questions on the prompt requires a function key command (i.e. F1, F2, etc).
I've read an article that says ...
