use of c:command in programming
2006-07-10 15:24:04 · 5 answers · asked by maricel b 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
The C:/ is the prompt, sometimes the command line.
It refers to the drive that the DOS is operating or searching on.
If at the command prompt C:/, you entered
the characters A: (you would see C:/A:) enter..
The next line would appear. A:/
You are now in the 'A' drive.
if you typed instead. C:/ dir
You would call up the directory for the entire C drive.
the c:/ is just the command line in DOS.
DOS Disk operating system, made Bill G. a rich man
Yours; Grumpy
2006-07-10 15:27:22 · answer #1 · answered by Grumpy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C: is the identification of the drive you are currently working on in DOS
C:\>_ Is the command prompt in DOS
You type your DOS command it.
C: is an old hold over from the days of DOS (Disk Operating System), DOS was full of archaic commands, and if you didn't know them then you were lost, it is the same for modern UNIX.
Windows is a GUI (Graphic User Interface) laid on top of DOS. It was first designed to make DOS easier, and it is still doing that today. Microsoft has kept saying that the are going to do away with DOS, but it hasn't happened yet, and the next version of Windows (code named Longhorn) will still just be an overlay on top of good old DOS. This is why the PC is more unstable than the Mac; you are using an OS (Operating System) on top of another OS. Mac never used DOS.
When you start work in a computer language on a PC you usually have to start in DOS, so you are likely to encounter the C: prompt. More sophisticated programing languages usually offer their own OS, which again sits on top of DOS. To access DOS on your Windows OS go to the START menu, select Programs, then Accessories, then the DOS prompt is a little black colored icon with the C:\ written in white on it. It will be labeled Command Prompt and will open a DOS screen. If you cannot find the DOS Icon there then check the folder System Tools.
2006-07-10 23:31:48 · answer #2 · answered by Dan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
c is a language tool to develop a software or application.
command is instruction to computer for what computer will do.
ex: printf -print string on screen function
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2006-07-10 22:35:56 · answer #3 · answered by vazk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a command window?
2006-07-10 22:27:25 · answer #4 · answered by Shelly Girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means C is the drive you are in
2006-07-10 22:28:10 · answer #5 · answered by Dennis S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋