Welcome to the FreeDOS Help (hhstndrd 1.1.0 en)
For information on using Help click on Help on Help.
with the mouse. For basic information about FreeDOS click here.
With the following commands you get help while using FreeDOS:
apropos help whatis
;(semicolon) !(exclamation) ?(question) F5 button F8 button
break buffers buffershigh country device
devicehigh dos dosdata echo eecho
fcbs files fileshigh idlehalt install
installhigh keybuf lastdrive lastdrivehigh menu
menucolor menudefault numlock rem screen
set shell shellhigh stacks stackshigh
switchar switches version
@(at) alias beep break call
choice cls echo errorlevel for
goto if lh loadhigh path
pause prompt rem set shift
in order to work:
@(at) ?(question) alias beep break
call cd cdd chcp chdir
cls copy ctty date del
dir dirs (doskey) echo environment
erase exit for goto history
if lfnfor lh loadfix loadhigh
md memory mkdir path pause
popd prompt pushd rd rem
ren rename rmdir set shift
time truename type ver verify
vol which
Command.COM / FreeCOM appendix
existing file in order to work:
amb ambhelp ambpack append apropos
assign attrib cc callver cdrcache.sys
chkdsk choice command.com comp country.sys
cpidos ctmouse debug defrag deltree
devload diskcomp diskcopy display dosfsck
doslfn dosshell edit edlin exe2bin
fasthelp fc fdapm fdhelp fdimples
fdinst fdisk fdnpkg fdshell fdshield
(fdxms.sys) (fdxms286.sys) find format freecom
fsuite04 (gcdrom.sys) (graftabl) graphics himemsx
himemx hiram html-help imgedit jemm386
jemmex (join) kernel.sys keyb kpdos
label lbacache lptdrv mem mirror
mkeyb mode more move mscdex
nansi nlsfunc pdtree pgme print
rdisk rdiskon recover replace (scandisk)
(setver) share shsucdx shsufdrv shsurdrv
sort spool srdisk (subst) swsubst
sys tdsk tickle tree udvd2.sys
uhdd.sys uide.sys undelete unformat whatis
xcopy xkeyb xmgr.sys
which require an existing file in order to work are related to FreeDOS
but not a part of the basic distribution:
7zdec aefdisk ansimat arj b64
blocek bmp2png bootfix boundtst bsum
bzip2 cabext cal cdrom2ui clamav
compute cpied daa2iso dn dog
dosutil drives du dz edict
fdbanner fdrc finddisk flashrom foxcalc
foxtype freemacs GNU bc GNU chcp GNU grep
GNU sed gzip head hexcomp hidsupt1
hip inklevel irq less lfndos
listpci listvesa localcfg localize locate
lpq1 lzip lzma lzop md5sum
memteste minibox mplayer nro ntfs
ospedit ospimg p7zip password pbox
pcisleep pg (pager) pkginfo pkgmaker ps2mtest
ranishpm raread rawrite3 rcal runtime
scantest search setlock sleep slicer
slowdown sqlite stamp syslnx tar
tee testdisk thrust touch tp7/p5fix
trch uni2asci unrtf unzip uptime
uptimec usbdevic usbdos usbdrive usbhosts
usbhub usbjstik usbkeyb usbmouse usbprint
usbsupt1 usbuhci usbuhcil utf8tocp v8power
vbados vendorid vmsmount wcd wde
whichfat whiptail xdel xfdisk xgrep
zdir zerofill zip zoo
Quick Networking HowTo
Introduction
History of DOS networking
DOS networking today:
* Novell Netware * MS Client * TCP/IP applications * Others
Installation of packet drivers or other compatbile drivers:
* Packet drivers installation * ODI driver installation
* NDIS driver installation
Loading the TCP/IP Kernel (Stack):
* WatTCP * NTCPDRV * mTCP * Other TCP/IP Kernels
Conclusion
The display code page information pack, cpidos.
The keyboard layout pack, kpdos.
The autoexec.bat/fdauto.bat file.
The config.sys/fdconfig.sys file.
The DOS memory management.
How to use htmlhelp and amb.
Understanding the Help Topic "Syntax".
Other ways of getting help.
A guide to writing for HTML Help.
A guide to the tags supported by HTML Help.
The TO-DO list for the HTML documentation.
A history of the HTML documentation
Acknowledgements
The inventor's greeting
About FreeDOS.
Principal author: Robert Platt.
Last modified in 2023 by W. Spiegl.
Copyright © 2003-04 Robert Platt, updated 2011 and 2023 by W. Spiegl.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the "GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1"
or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
(respecting that any documents included but covered under any other
license shall be treated seperately and the terms of such documents
shall neither alter nor be altered by the terms of this document);
with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover
Texts.
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled:
"GNU FDL version 1.1"
"GNU FDL version 1.2"
Here some links to other licenses which are often used in FreeDOS:
"GNU GPL version 2"
"GNU GPL version 3"
FreeDOS is a trademark of Jim Hall.