DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : M.Bhagya Lakshmi,
Designation : Lecturer in CCP,
Institution : GMR Polytechnic, Gajwel
Branch : DCCP
Year/semester : First Year
Subject name : Computer Fundamentals.
Subject Code : CCP-105
Topic : DOS Operating System
Duration : 50 min.
Sub –Topic : DOS-PATH MD,CD.
Teaching Aids : PPT
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OBJECTIVES:

On completion of this period, you would be able

to know and use

 PATH of files
 Mkdir command
 Chdir command

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Recap

• PROMPT command
• Useful to change the Dos Prompt
• DELETE command
• Useful to delete file
• ERASE command
• Useful to erase files

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PATH:

 Path specifies location of a file within the directory tree

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PATH SPECIFICATION
 Files are stored in directories
 Directories are created on Drives
 Path means address of the files and directories
 Path consists of drive and directory
 Drives are : A & B - Floppy drives.
C,D,E.. - Hard disk drive
F,D.. - CD drives/pen drives
 PATH command helps in knowing or setting paths

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Default drive

 PC automatically works with one particular disk drive

which may be either A: or B: or C:
 This drive is known as the default drive.
 The PC will work with this drive until we instruct the PC
to change the drive.
 We can change the default drive entering the new drive
name followed by a colon (:)
 EX:
 A>(original prompt)
 A>C: (press enter key)
 C> (new prompt)

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PATH command

 Is used to find out present path or change the path

 Is used to set path to several directories for searching
files

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PATH command… contd

 To display the current search path, use the following

syntax:
A:\> PATH
 To set path to a directory or directories
PATH A:\XX; A:\YY
So that DIR searches current directory first next A:\XX
and A:\YY.

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MKDIR(OR MD)
 This command enables you to create a directory in the
current directory

 The general form of the MD (Short for MKDIR) command

is
MD <directory name >

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MKDIR command… contd

 Rules for naming a directory are the same as for files.

Example:
C:\>MD PAYROLL (create pay role directory in
root directory of C)

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MKDIR command… contd

 If the computer prompts the message

“Directory already exists”, then give the new name.

You can check whether the PAYROLL directory is

created or not by typing DIR and pressing enter key

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CHDIR (OR CD)
 Changes the current directory to a new directory

 Syntax
CD <directory name>

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Example

If you want to change to the FORTRAN

subdirectory, type the command

C>CHDIR FORTRAN
or
C>CD FORTRAN

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Example

If you want to create a subdirectory OFFICERS

under the directory PAYROLL,

Type the commands

C> CD PAYROLL
C> MD OFFICERS

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Example

 To go to OFFICE directory in MEMO directory which is

in TEXT directory from A drive.

A:\>CD C:\TEXT\MEMO\OFFICE

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Going back in directory structure

 Adding two(..) to CD command takes control to one

directories back.

Suppose current directory is C:\GPW\DCCP\EXAMS

 C>cd.. Takes to DCCP directory

 C>cd ../.. Takes to GPW directory
 C>cd Takes to root directory

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CHDIR…Contd
 Example:
 Suppose, the current directory is
C:\GPW\CCP\XY

C>CD. - takes to directory C:>\GPW \CCP

C>CD.. - takes to directory C:\GPW

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Summary

 Path
 Specifies location of a file within the directory tree

 Mkdir
 Useful to create directory

 Chdir
 Useful to change the directory

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QUIZ

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To change directory, the command is

 Mkdir
 Chdir
 Rd
 all

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Mkdir command is used create

c) Directory
d) File
e) a&b
f) Subdirectory

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Frequently asked questions in examination

 Explain the following commands

 Path
 Mkdir
 Chdir

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Thank you

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