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From: baird@cod.NOSC.MIL (John M. Baird)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DOS 3.3 versus 4.0
Message-ID: <1718@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 6 Dec 89 18:50:45 GMT
References: <1989Dec6.162625.17802@ug.cs.dal.ca>
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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From article <1989Dec6.162625.17802@ug.cs.dal.ca>, by walker@ug.cs.dal.ca (Paul D. Walker):
> DOS 4.01 allows the command line to have multiple commands; for example
> 	cd \dos;dir/w;dir/p
> changes to the DOS directory, then does the two directory commands.
> 
> I have not noticed this in the DOS manual that came with my version (PHOENIX
> DOS 4.0) so I assume that it is undocumented.  
> 
IBM DOS 4.01 does not support the capability, either. Perhaps a PHOENIX
-only enhancement.

John Baird, Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA USA