Command Prompt | MS DOS Lesson 5 | External Commands

Lesson 5 : EXTERNAL COMMANDS

1) LABEL:

It is used to change the label of the Drive
Syn: C:\>Label

2) VOLUME:

It is used to displays the disk volume label and serial number, if they exist.
Syn:C:\>Vol

VOLUME Command

3) MEMORY:

It is used to display the information about the memory of the drive
Syn: C:\>Memory

4) TREE:

It is used to display sub-directories of main directory
Syn: C:\>Tree Directory-name

TREE Command

5) ATTRIB +H:

It is used to hide a file or directory.
Syn: C:\>Attrib +h  file-name

6) ATTRIB -H:

It is used to unide a file or directory.
Syn: C:\> Attrib -h  file-name

7) ATTRIB +R:

It is used to protect from delete and edit data of a file
Syn: C:\>Attrib +r  file-name

8) ATTRIB -R:

It is used to remove the protection of a file
Syn: C:\>Attrib -r  file-name

9) CHKDSK:

It is used to display the information of the Drive
Syn: C:\>CHKDSK

CHKDSK Command

10) DELTREE:

It is used to remove a directory with its sub-directories at a time
Syn: C:\>Deltree file-name