Subdirectory Review

Assume the shown subdirectory structure...

Root	Level 1 Subdirectory		Level 2 Subdirectory
C:\	WORDPROC		BOOK MEMOS LETTERS

The following series of commands perform the indicated functions. Study them and make certain you understand them.

From the root:

•    MD \WORDPROC\LETTERS\HOME Makes a new directory called HOME in LETTERS.

•    RD \WORDPROC\BOOK Removes BOOK from WORDPROC.

•    CD \WORDPROC\MEMOS Makes MEMOS the active directory. To move from the root to the subdirectory MEMOS type:

•    CD \WORDPROC\MEMOS

Remember, to make any directory the current directory, simply issue the CD command using the pathname that you would use to access any file in that subdirectory. CD \ alone will move you back to the root from anywhere.

From the root, the following command removes the subdirectory LETTERS:

•    RD \WORDPROC\LETTERS

Remember, before you can remove a subdirectory, it must be empty (all files deleted and other subdirectories removed), you cannot be in it, and you cannot remove the root directory. In DOS 6.0 you can do both with the single command DELTREE.

A final reminder:

Use subdirectories as needed, but don't overdo it. Pathnames are limited to 63 characters;

and, you can get lost in the directory structure if you create a very complex one. PROMPT $P$G

will help you keep track.

Also, directories are not free. Each takes up some disk space so if you fill your disk with directories, there won't be room for anything else.