User Guide

ERD Commander 2000
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5 The Command-line Environment
5.1 Overview
Once ERD Commander 2000 boots, a stripped-down version of Windows
NT/2000 will start, displaying the familiar boot-time Blue Screen that presents
the Windows NT/2000 version number, system memory size, and number of
processors present. ERD Commander 2000 then starts automatically and
enters a command-line environment nearly identical to the one Windows
NT/2000 implements in Command Prompt.
ERD Commander 2000 has a sophisticated command-line processor and it
implements a large subset of Windows NT/2000’s command-line command
set, complete with all standard file-related commands. The environment
mirrors the standard Windows NT/2000 command-line environment so that
using ERD Commander 2000 is intuitive, if you’re familiar with the commands
and command-line editing capabilities present in NT/2000, then you already
know how to use ERD Commander 2000.
The command-processor’s editing features include:
♦ Arrow key navigation (e.g. left-arrow to move back, right-arrow to
move forward)
♦ Special key navigation (e.g. Home to go to the start of a line, End to
go to the end)
♦ Insert mode
♦ Command history
A sample of the commands available in ERD Commander 2000 includes:
♦ RMDIR
♦ MKDIR
♦ MOVE