

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

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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     |

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