Description of DOS II/+ on Atari XL/XE Computer Series| n: | Select drive where n is drive's number |
| DIR or / DIR D3:*.* DIR D3:W*.TXT DIR D3:*.* -A |
Directory of current drive (both mean the same) Directory of drive 3 Directory of all programs with W*.TXT specification Displays the directory of drive 3 in two columns. |
| TYP name | Displays file's content. For example ATASCII text file. |
| DEL name | Deletes file name. Never use *.* as name with DEL for clearing the whole disk because disk space will be less than it is for real. |
| REN old,new | Renames file old to new |
| LOC name | Locks file |
| UNL name | Unlocks file |
| FS# | Formats current disk in Single Density |
| FM# | Formats current disk in Medium Density |
| FD# | Formats current disk in Double Density |
| CL# | Clears disk directory and VTOC table |
| IN# | Writes DOS on current disk |
| COP from,to | Copies file from from to to If you want to copy some files from one disk to another as source mask write *.* or *.BIN and as target mask Dn:=. DOS will be waiting for Return after each file twice (or more) with from or to prompt. It's necessary = not *.*. So you can copy files to different disks having only one disk drive. If after second name (target) you add /A, source file will be added to the target. |
| LOA name,address | Loads file name into memory. If the address is present, then file will be loaded on address position (with header if it's binary file). If the address is not present, then file must be with header. Otherwise DOS doesn't load it. |
| RUN address | Runs program from address |
| SAV name,from,to | Saves binary file name from specified memory location. |
| JOB command | Saves on disk first command to execute after DOS loads. Here You can put any DOS command from this list or just a filename or batch file. Batch file must be preceded by @ (e.g. D3:@AUTOEXEC.BAT). If there's no command JOB displays actual command (default is ;). |
| CAR or ; | Jumps to BASIC if it's turned on! If not, this command will only clear the screen. After ; you can write any BASIC command. For example ;RUN"D:PROG.BAS" |
| =ON | Turns the BASIC on |
| =OF | Turns the BASIC off |
| name | Loads and runs program name. If it has COM extender you could pass it. |
| >address (in HEX) | Displays 8 bytes from address. |
| >address byte ... | Writes byte(s) to the address. |
| @name | Loads and runs batch file called name.
The batch file can contain all DOS commands plus some special commands: 'text Displays text on the screen ! Waits for any key |