This operating system allows you to work with DOS files on your system. Copy to a diskette the DOS files you want to work with. With the right commands, your system can read these files into a base operating system directory in the correct format and back onto the diskette in DOS format.
Note: The wildcard characters * and ? (asterisk and question mark) do not work with these commands (although they do with the base operating system shell). If you do not specify a file name extension, the file name is matched as if you had specified a blank extension.
The dosread command copies the specified DOS file to the specified base operating system file.
Note: DOS file-naming conventions are used with one exception. Because the backslash (\) character can have special meaning to the base operating system, use a slash (/) character as the delimiter to specify subdirectory names in a DOS path name.
For example, to copy a text file named chap1.doc from a DOS diskette to the base operating file system, type:
dosread -a chap1.doc chap1
Press Enter.
This copies the DOS text file \CHAP1.DOC on default device /dev/fd0 to the base operating system file chap1 in the current directory.
For example, to copy a binary file from a DOS diskette to the base operating file system, type:
dosread -D/dev/fd1 /survey/test.dta /home/fran/testdata
Press Enter.
This copies the DOS data file \SURVEY\TEST.DTA on /dev/fd1 to the base operating system file /home/fran/testdata.
See the dosread command in the AIX 5L Version 5.1 Commands Reference for the exact syntax.
The doswrite command copies the specified base operating system file to the specified DOS file.
Note: DOS file-naming conventions are used with one exception. Because the backslash (\) character can have special meaning to the base operating system, use a slash (/) character as the delimiter to specify subdirectory names in a DOS path name.
For example, to copy a text file named chap1 from the base operating file system to a DOS diskette, type:
doswrite -a chap1 chap1.doc
Press Enter.
This copies the base operating system file chap1 in the current directory to the DOS text file \CHAP1.DOC on /dev/fd0.
For example, to copy a binary file named /survey/test.dta from the base operating file system to a DOS diskette, type:
doswrite -D/dev/fd1 /home/fran/testdata /survey/test.dta
Press Enter.
This copies the base operating system data file /home/fran/testdata to the DOS file \SURVEY\TEST.DTA on /dev/fd1.
See the doswrite command in the AIX 5L Version 5.1 Commands Reference for the exact syntax.
The dosdel command deletes the specified DOS file.
Note: DOS file-naming conventions are used with one exception. Because the backslash (\) character can have special meaning to the base operating system, use a slash (/) character as the delimiter to specify subdirectory names in a DOS path name.
The dosdel command converts lowercase characters in the file or directory name to uppercase before it checks the disk. Because all file names are assumed to be full (not relative) path names, you need not add the initial slash (/).
For example, to delete a DOS file named file.ext on the default device (/dev/fd0), type:
dosdel file.ext
Press Enter.
See the dosdel command in the AIX 5L Version 5.1 Commands Reference for the exact syntax.
The dosdir command displays information about the specified DOS files or directories.
Note: DOS file-naming conventions are used with one exception. Because the backslash (\) character can have special meaning to the base operating system, use a slash (/) character as the delimiter to specify subdirectory names in a DOS path name.
The dosdir command converts lowercase characters in the file or directory name to uppercase before it checks the disk. Because all file names are assumed to be full (not relative) path names, you need not add the initial / (slash).
For example, to read a directory of the DOS files on /dev/fd0, type:
dosdir
Press Enter.
The command returns the names of the files and disk-space information.
PG3-25.TXT PG4-25.TXT PG5-25.TXT PG6-25.TXT Free space: 312320 bytes
See the dosdir command in the AIX 5L Version 5.1 Commands Reference for the exact syntax.
Chapter 4, Input and Output Redirection
Chapter 7, Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues
Chapter 8, Backup Files and Storage Media
Chapter 9, File and System Security