Commander X16

This page is kind-of a placeholder for my questions and discoveries as I learn CMDR-DOS.

Read the (current) Directory

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  DOS"$"
  

Make and Remove a Subdirectory

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  DOS"MD:dirname"
  


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  DOS"RD:dirname"
  

Change Directory

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  DOS"CD:dirname"
  


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  DOS"CD:.." (to go up one level)
  

Scratch (delete) Files

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  DOS"S:filename"
  


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  DOS"S:file1,file2,file3,..."
  


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  DOS"S//dirname/:filename"
  

Copy and Concatenate Files

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  DOS"C:newfile=oldfile"
  


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  DOS"C:newfile=oldfile1,oldfile2,oldfile3,..."
  

Rename a File

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  DOS"R:newname=oldname"
  

Lock Files

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  DOS"L:file1,file2,file3..."
  

Creating a file in a subdirectory

	10 DOS"MD:MY-DIR-001" 20 OPEN1,8,2,"//MY-DIR-001/:MY-FILE-1234,P,W"
	30 PRINT#1,"HELLO, WORLD!" 40 CLOSE 1 50 OPEN 1,8,2,"//MY-DIR-001/:MY-FILE-1234" 60 INPUT#1,A$ 70 CLOSE 1

A good place to start would be to take a look here: https://github.com/commanderx16/x16-rom/blob/master/dos/README.md

You could also take a look at this dos unit test here for some good examples: https://github.com/commanderx16/x16-rom/blob/master/test/dos.bas

1 hour ago, Ender said:

You could also take a look at this dos unit test here for some good examples: https://github.com/commanderx16/x16-rom/blob/master/test/dos.bas

THAT is very helpful!  Thank you!

Very helpful, thank you. This should be in the manual.

https://github.com/X16Community/x16-doc ... MDR-DOS.md

It's in the community manuals, and while it isn't in the manuals distributed with the older versions of the emulator, there's a somewhat less detailed version in the original repo, too... https://github.com/commanderx16/x16-rom ... /README.md