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Article #14610Re: DOS 3.2
From: osbook
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1986 07:29
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1986 07:29
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Someone about asked the differences between DOS 3.1 and DOS 3.2.
Here they are:
In general, DOS 3.2 fixed bugs, supports the Token Ring Network
and supports the new 3.2 in diskette drives.
New Commands:
REPLACE
allows you to selectively change versions of DOS
and application programs or replace all occurrences
of a file on a disk
XCOPY
allows you to copy whole directories including lower level
subdirectories; faster than COPY plus important
new options
DRIVER.SYS
general diskette device driver; in particular
supports the 3.2 inch diskettes
Enhanced Commands:
ATTRIB
can set the archive bit
COMMAND
can set the size of the DOS environment
this can be *very* important for people who use
long path names; DOS 3.1 can do this but the
feature is *undocumented* and works slightly
different
DISKCOMP
supports 3.2 in diskettes
DISKCOPY
supports 3.2 in diskettes
FORMAT
will not let you accidentally format a hard disk
has two important safety features
*** important ***
SHELL
same as COMMAND above
SELECT
does more (Who cares?)
Harley Hahn
osbook@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu
P.S. I am trying to reach "akk2" who was trying to rename the
COPY command. Please send me an ARPA address. I can't get through
to you.
By the way, I am trying to send "akk2" a detailed explanation of what DOS
does to check if a command is an internal command. If anyone else
is interested, I can post the explanation to the net.
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