In Chapter 8, you learned about the many commands that let you investigate, and sometimes change, the state of the AmigaDOS file system, devices, and
processes. The commands in this chapter are different; they let you physically modify different aspects of AmigaDOS. They let you copy files, edit text, mount devices, change protection flags, and more. They are more concerned with whatAmigaDOS does, rather than how it does it.
Working with the File System Like the commands in the last chapter, those discussed here work with both files and devices. Because you spend most of your time with AmigaDOS work
ing with files, I'll start there. The commands that let you create and modify
files, directories, and volumes are Copy, Delete, DiskDoctor, FileNote, Install, Join, Lock, MakeDir, MakeLink, Protect, Relabel, Rename, SetDate, and Sort.
Copy: Copying Files Along with Dir and List, Copy is one of the most frequently used AmigaDOS
commands. It lets you duplicate individual files or whole sections of the AmigaDOS file structure. The template of the Copy command is:
FROM/A/M,TO/A,ALL/S,QUIET/S,BUF=BUFFER/K/N, CLONE/S,DATES/S,NOPRO/S,COM/S,NOREQ/S The FROM/A/M argument stands for the source file or files you wish to copy. You must always include this argument on the command line; you can include
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