DOS Command help?

Question

What is the purpsoe of a /S (switch) in DOS. Thanks

Heres the exact question. What is the purpose of a switch added to a DOS command? Thanks again

Answer 1

Command Line Switches allow the user to selctively modify a programs (i.e. command) operation.

The /? switch is used to print a help section on the valid switches avaiable.

so for example

dir prints a directory

dir /? Prints a list of switches which can be used

dir /p prints the directory a page(screen) at a time

the same program (dir) is operated several different ways based on the switches added to the command line instruction

Answer 2

I just love how these neophite unix wannabees can't give you a straight answer.

Here is a link that describes the switches command and sub commands.

http://www.computerhope.com/switches.htm

SYNTAX

SWITCHES= /F /K /N /E[:n]

/F Skips the two-second delay after displaying the "Starting MS-DOS" message during startup.
/K Forces an enhanced keyboard to behave like a conventional keyboard.
/N Prevents you from using the F5 or F8 key to bypass startup commands. (SWITCHES /N does not prevent you from pressing CTRL+F5 or CTRL+F8 to bypass Drvspace.bin or Dblspace.bin; to prevent this, use the D**SPACE
/SWITCHES Command to add the SWITCHES /N setting to your D**space.ini file.)
/E[:N] Used without the :n parameter, indicates that Io.sys should suppress the automatic relocation of EBIOS. (Automatic relocation of EBIOS increases the conventional memory available to MS-DOS-based programs.) Suppressing automatic relocation results in less conventional memory available to MS-DOS-based programs. Use the /E switch with the n parameter to relocate N bytes of EBIOS to low memory, where n is the number of bytes to be relocated. The minimum value for n is 48 and the maximum value is 1024. The number specified is always rounded up to the next multiple of 16.

Answer 3

Yeah, just type /? to get a list of switches. For example when you type dir/p it gives you a directory listing of the drive you're currently on (C:dir/p) with a pause between pages so you can see each line.

Answer 4

Which command? Try using the /? switch to view the command's switches.

Answer 5

Include sub directories