LAB JOURNAL 2

Lab 2:
MS-DOS
Name: _______ALI HASSAN__________________________

Enrollment #: _____________01-135211-010____________________

Class/ Section: _________BS(IT) 1A________________________

INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS:

*SaveyourEACH document with your enrollmentno-name (01-123456-000-Ali)

*Copy pasting/Cheating with other students leads to zero marks. So no auguments.
*Submit your work on time on LMS.

Lab Tasks:
How are the following operations done in MS DOS?
1) View the contents of a directory

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2) Create a new directory

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3) Delete a directory

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4) Rename a file in the directory

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5) Change from to root directory to windows directory

6) View the contents of windows directory

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7) Change from windows directory to root directory

8) Copy the files from one directory to another

9) Change from one drive to another

10) Show the version of windows.

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11) Show help

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12) Show time

Time (ENTER)

13) Show volume

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First type diskpart

Type volume on diskpart

14) What does Exit command do?

This command close the command prompt
15) Use help command to explore the following.
a. Tree
Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or path

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b. Pause

Suspend processing of a batch file and displays a message

c. Cls
Clears the screen

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HOME TASK #2
QUESTION:

How are the following operations done in MS-DOS? Give the syntax and explain the command (all answers must
be typed along with the questions to be in BOLD)

1. Net

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The net command manages any aspect of networks and settings including network shares
And network users
Syntax:
Net
[ ACCOUNTS | COMPUTER | CONFIG | CONFIG | CONTINUE | FILE | GROUP | HELP |
HELPMSG | LOCALGROUP | PAUSE | SESSION |SHARE | START | STATISTICS | STOP |
TIME | USE | USER | VIEW ]

2. Ping
The ping command is used to check the ability of the source computer to reach a specified
destination computer . it’s usually used as a simple way to verify that a computer can
communicate over the network with another computer or network device

Syntax:
PING [-t] [-a] [-n count] [-1 size] [-f] [-I TTL] [-v TOS] [-r count] [-s count] [[-j host-list] | [-k host-
list]] [-w timeout] [-Rr [-s srcaddr] [ -c compartment] [-p] [-4] [-6] target-name

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3. Set

Syntax:
Answer:
The SET command is used to set values that will be used by program. DOS holds the set strings in
the area of memory reserved for the environment (if the string already exists in the environment,
it is replaced).
4. Assign

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Syntax:

Assign [{letter=<d | mount=<path>}] [noerr]

Answer:
ASSIGN command change drive assignments from the drive indicated by the first letter you enter
(x), to the drive indicated by the second letter

5. Attrib

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Syntax :
ATTRIB [d:][path]filename [/S]
Attrib command can change a file read/write attribute or set the archive attribute.bu using this
command to specify a file, the file can accessed but not altered or delete

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