| EXPAND |
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| Expands a compressed file. You can use this command to retrieve one or more |
| files from the Setup disks that accompany MS-DOS 6. These files are not |
| usable unless you expand them. |
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| Syntax |
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| EXPAND [drive:][path]filename [[drive:][path]filename[ ...]] |
| destination |
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| If you type the following, EXPAND will prompt you for the location and/or |
| name you want to give the expanded file: |
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| EXPAND [drive:][path]filename |
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| If you type the following, EXPAND will prompt you for the location and name |
| of the compressed file you want to expand, then prompt you for the location |
| and/or name you want to give the expanded file: |
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| EXPAND |
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| Parameters |
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| [drive:][path]filename |
| Specifies the location and name of a compressed file or files to be |
| expanded. You cannot use wildcards (* and ?). |
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| destination |
| Specifies the location and/or name of the expanded file or files. |
| Destination can consist of a drive letter and colon, a directory name, a |
| filename, or a combination. However, you cannot specify a filename for |
| destination unless you also specify a single compressed file for |
| filename. |
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| EXPAND--Notes |
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| Retrieving files from the Setup disks |
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| Most of the files on the Setup disks provided with MS-DOS 6 are compressed. |
| Each of these compressed files has a file extension that ends with an |
| underscore character (_). When you installed MS-DOS, you ran the Setup |
| program, which expanded these files before copying them to your system. |
| However, if you need to retrieve just one or a few files from the original |
| disks, you can use the EXPAND command. |
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| Letting EXPAND prompt you |
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| If you don't include the destination, or don't include the compressed file |
| and the destination, EXPAND prompts you for the information and provides |
| examples. |
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| EXPAND--Examples |
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| Suppose you accidentally delete the SORT.EXE file from your DOS directory on |
| drive C. You can copy and expand the compressed file SORT.EX_ from the |
| MS-DOS 6 Setup disks to your hard disk. First, find out which disk contains |
| SORT.EX_ by opening the PACKING.LST file on Setup Disk 1. Then insert the |
| appropriate disk into drive A and use the following command to copy and |
| expand the file: |
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| expand a:\sort.ex_ c:\dos\sort.exe |
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| To copy and expand the SORT.EX_ file to the hard disk by letting EXPAND |
| prompt you, type the following at the command prompt: |
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| expand |
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| EXPAND prompts you with the following: |
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| Type the location and name of the compressed file you want to expand. |
| (Example: A:\EGA.SY_) |
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| Compressed file: |
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| To expand and copy the SORT.EX_ file from the Setup disk in drive A, type |
| the following: |
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| a:\sort.ex_ |
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| EXPAND prompts you with the following: |
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| Type the location and/or name you want to give the expanded file. |
| (Example: C:\DOS\EGA.SYS) |
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| Expanded file: |
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| If your MS-DOS files are in the C:\DOS directory, type the following: |
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| c:\dos\sort.exe |
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