Play with MSDOS and FTP commands

This assignment will introduce you to command line user interfaces.

MSDOS

  1. Using the MSDOS mkdir command, create a directory called called c:\temp\dosplay on your hard drive.
  2. Using Notepad, create a document called test.txt -- it can contain any sentence or paragraph -- and save it in the dosplay directory.
  3. Using the MSDOS type command, display the contents of test.txt.
  4. Using the MSDOS copy command, create a second copy of test.txt, calling it test2.txt.
  5. Using the MSDOS dir command, list the files in your dosplay directory.
Print and turn in the command window showing the commands you used to do the above. (To capture the contents of the command window, right click on it and issue the select all command. The window will turn white. Then hit the enter key to copy the selection to the clipboard).

FTP

  1. Connect to your account on sws.csudh.edu using the command line FTP client.
  2. Using the FTP mkdir command, create a sub-directory called ftpplay in your directory on sws.csudh.edu.
  3. Using the FTP put command, copy your test.txt file to your ftpplay directory.
  4. Using the FTP dir command, display the contents of your ftpplay directory.
  5. Using the FTP delete command, delete the test.txt file and ftpplay directory.
Print and turn in the command window showing the commands you used to do the above.

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