Using an autoexec.bat file, Ctrl a – Epson Apex 20020 User Manual

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Cautions

With a utility as powerful and as fast as XTREE, you must

always be aware of the danger of accidentally erasing important
files. Follow these guidelines to protect your files:

You can cancel commands, even commands in progress, by

pressing F3. This stops any function.

Use

Ctrl A

(the attributes command) to give read-only

status to all the files in the directories. Then, in order to

erase a file, you must first remove its protection. (See your
MS-DOS Reference Manual for details about the ATTRIB
command.)

XTREE is limited in the number of files and directories it

can handle. If you have more than 2800 files or 180
directories, XTREE displays an error message. If you see this

error message, exit XTREE and store your infrequently used

files on diskettes, or reorganize and delete some directories.

If you use XTREE when you have more files or directories

than it can handle, you may accidentally erase or alter files.

XTREE offers too many commands to demonstrate all the
various combinations in this introduction;

just

remember that

everything you can do is shown on the screen display. See your
MS-DOS Reference Manual for a complete description of

XTREE.

Using an AUTOEXEC.BAT File

You may find that there are some commands you want to run

every time you turn on your computer. To run a command or a
series of commands automatically upon startup, you can type

the commands in a special file called AUTOEXEC.BAT.

When you load MS-DOS, it always looks for this file. If

MS-DOS finds an AUTOEXEC.BAT file in the root directory,

it executes the commands in that file.

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