NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT DOCUMENT PROCESSING INFO: Replaces FYI-M-1111. FAX TITLE: COMMAND COMPARISON (DRDOS, PCDOS, AND MSDOS) DOCUMENT ID: TID800078 DOCUMENT REVISION: A DATE: 22AUG94 AUTHOR: RPALMER;DPARTRID ALERT STATUS: Yellow DISTRIBUTION: Public INFORMATION TYPE: Issue README FOR: NA NOVELL PRODUCT CLASS: Desktop Products NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION: DR DOS 6.0 CATEGORY: Kernel ABSTRACT: NA ----------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER THE ORIGIN OF THIS INFORMATION MAY BE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO NOVELL. NOVELL MAKES EVERY EFFORT WITHIN ITS MEANS TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION. HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY. NOVELL MAKES NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED CLAIMS TO THE VALIDITY OF THIS INFORMATION. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ISSUE This document contains a comparison chart of the DR DOS 6.0 operating system commands and the corresponding PC DOS and MS-DOS command sets. NOTE: "Int." and "I" refer to internal commands, "E" refers to external commands, and "Enh" commands are enhanced over their MS/PC DOS equivalents. --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| Commands| PC-DOS | MS-DOS | DR DOS | MS-DOS | DR DOS | | v3.3 | v4.1 | v5.0 | v5.0 | v6.0 | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| APPEND-E| X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| ASSIGN-E| X | X | X(Int) | X | X(Enh) | | | | (Enh) | | | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| ATTRIB-E| X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| BACKUP-E| X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| BREAK-I | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| CACHE | | | X | X | Super | | | | | | PC-Kwik | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| CHCP-I | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| CHDIR/ | | | | | | CD-I | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| CHKDSK-E| X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| CLS-I | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| COMMAND | | | | | | -E | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| COMP-E | X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| COPY-I | X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| CTTY-I | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| CURSOR | | | X | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| DATE-I | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| DEBUG | X | X | SID | X | SID | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| DEL-I | X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | | | | DELQ | X | DELQ | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| DEL | | | | | | PURGE-E | | | | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| DELQ-I | | | X | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| DEL | | | | | X | WATCH-E | | | | | | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| DIR-I | X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| DISK | X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | COMP-E | | | | | | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| DISK | | | | | | COPY-E | X | X | X | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| DISKMAP | | | | | X | -E | | | | | | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| DISKOPT | | | | | | -E | | | | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| DOSBOOK | | | | | | -E | | | | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| DOSKEY | | | | X | | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| DOS | | | | | | SHELL | | | VIEWMAX | X | VIEWMAX | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| EDIT | | | | X | | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| EDLIN-E | X | X | EDITOR | X | EDITOR | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| EMM386 | | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| ERAQ-I | | | X | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| ERASE-I | X | | X(& ERAQ) | X | X(& ERAQ | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| EXE2BIN | | | | | | -E | | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| EXIT-I | | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| EXPAND | | | | X | | | | | | required | | | | | | for | | | | | | MS-DOS 5 | | | | | |compressed | | | | | | files | | | | | | only | | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| FAST | | | | | | OPEN-I/E| X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| FC-E | | X | | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| FDISK-E | X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| FILE | | | | | | LINK-E | | | X | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| FIND-E | X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| FOR-I | | | | X | | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| FORMAT-E| X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| GRAFTABL| | | | | | -E | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| GRAPHICS| | | | | | -E | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| HELP-I | | | X(-h opt) | X | X(-h opt | | | | | | DOSBOOK | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| HILOAD-I| | | X | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| JOIN-E | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| KEYB-E | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| LABEL-E | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| LOADHIGH| | | | X | HILOAD | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| LOCK-E | | | | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| MEM-E | | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| MEMMAX-E| | | X | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| MIRROR | | | | X | DISKMAP | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| MKDIR | | | | | | /MD-I | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| MODE-E | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| MORE-I | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| MOVE-E, | | | | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| NLSFUNC | | | | | | -E | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| PASSWORD| | | | | | -E | | | X | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| PATH-I | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| PRINT-E | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| PROMPT-I| X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| QBASIC | | | | X | | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| RECOVER | | | | | | -E | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| RENAME-I| X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| RENDIR-E| | | | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| REPLACE | | | | | | -E | X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| RESTORE | | | | | | -E | X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| RMDIR | | | | | | /RD-I | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| SCRIPT-E| | | | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| SELECT-E| X | X | | | | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| SET-I | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| SETUP-E | | | X | | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| SETVER | | | | X | | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| SHARE-E | X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| SID-E | | | X | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| SORT-E | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| SSTOR-E | | | | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| SUBST-E | X | X | X(Int) | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| SUPERPCK| | | | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| SYS-E | X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| TASKMAX | | | | | | -E | | | | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| TIME-I | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| TOUCH-E | | | X | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| TREE-E | X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| TYPE-I | X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| UNDELETE| | | | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| UNFORMAT| | | | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| UNINSTAL| | | | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| VER-I | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| VERIFY-I| X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| VIEWMAX | | | | | | -E | | | X | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| VOL-I | X | X | X | X | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| XCOPY-E | X | X | X(Enh) | X | X(Enh) | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| XDEL-E | | | X | | X | --------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| XDIR-E | | | X | | X | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Any trademarks 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