how to use the command prompt?

Can someone please explain how I can use the command prompt? I am trying
to use Dorgem with multiple cameras. But I have no idea how to change
directories with the command prompt. The default is C:\Documents and
Settings\Sally> How can I change this to C:\Program Files\Dorgem

When I type that in the command prompt it says "'C:\Program' is not
recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch
file."

 

http://www.glue.umd.edu/~nsw/ench250/dostutor.htm

 

Good advice to have a read of that page posted in the first response.


To go backwards through directories type

cd ..

When you get back to C:\ you can go forward to the program files and
dorgem folders.

Are you using Win98? If so you'll have to use attenuated versions of
folder names containing spaces. So you would type

cd prog~1\dorgem (or something similar to this - experiment!)

 

Apologies, it's:

cd progra~1

 

|>Can someone please explain how I can use the command prompt? I am trying
|>to use Dorgem with multiple cameras. But I have no idea how to change
|>directories with the command prompt. The default is C:\Documents and
|>Settings\Sally> How can I change this to C:\Program Files\Dorgem

Create a Command Prompt shortcut to your desktop - right click and
properties. In the start in: put in- C:\Program Files\Dorgem

Now when you open the CMD window from the shortcut ,it will open in
that directory.

|>When I type that in the command prompt it says "'C:\Program' is not
|>recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch
|>file."

 

At the prompt type in
cd c:\program files\dorgem

cd stands for "change directory"
once your in the directory type in "dir" to make sure the file your
looking for is there. If the directory spills past your screen size
type in "dir/w/p" for directory, wide, page at a time

 

DOS only will take names up to 8 characters.
If it is longer than eight characters, you type in the first 6 characters and
then add a ~ and a 1.
If you have more directories starting with program (or whatever the name is)
and it is longer than 8 characters, they are each given a number that you will
need to put right after the ~ sign.
EX: progra~1 progra~2

If you want to change drive letters, just type the drive letter and put a :
after it and press Enter.
Ex: D: and press Enter.
If you type cd\ and press Enter, you will go back to the C:\ prompt. That is
where you want to start.
Then:
At that prompt, type cd Progra~1 and press Enter.
That should get you to the C'\progra~1 dir.
Now type cd Dorgem and press Enter and you should now be at
C\Progra~1\Dorgem.
To see what's in the Dorgem directory, just type dir/p and press Enter.
OR
After you get to the C:\ prompt, just type cd Progra~1\Dorgem and press
Enter.

cd means 'change directory', I believe.

cd.. takes off the end item in the line (ex:C:\Windows\System\Command if you
do a cd.. and press Enter, you will end up with C:\Windows\System)

cd... takes off the end two items (ex: C:\Windows\System\Command if you do a
cd... and press Enter, you will end up with C:\Windows)

cd\ takes it all the way back to the drive letter (ex:
C:\Windows\System\Command if you do a cd\ and press Enter, you will end up
with C:\ )

For more info, use the link provided by Blinky.
Buffalo

 

Not true on Win 2000/XP (and possibly 98, and maybe ME, can't
remember).

Add a quote around it:

C:\>cd "Program Files"

C:\Program Files>

 

Agree with that When I typed :
xpsp2.exe /integrate:c: \xp (it worked)

 

|>On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:50:35 -0600, "Buffalo"
|>
|>>DOS only will take names up to 8 characters.
|>
|>Not true on Win 2000/XP (and possibly 98, and maybe ME, can't
|>remember).
|>
|>Add a quote around it:
|>
|>C:\>cd "Program Files"
|>
|>C:\Program Files>

Fun fact of the day, Quotes position is not that important.

cd pro"ram fi"les works just fine

 

Don't forget the Space after dir/, like so: dir/ w/p

<snip>

 

OK dickhead, I tried to help the OP.
WTF did you do to help the OP??

 

No need to show the fact that you're on the rag to everyone....

The point I was making was if you have more than one directory with
the first 6 letters the same, and you don't know which it is (~1, ~2,
~3, etc) you can type out the whole directory name in quotes.

No need to call people names just because you were shown to be wrong.

 

Read the rest of the help file:

From version 1.2.0 Dorgem has support for multiple cameras. Using the
command line, you can now specify different cameras. You can create a new
configuration, by starting Dorgem with the command-line parameters:
/c:config
The configuration name 'config' is any name you wish as long as it only
contains characters 'a' to 'z', 'A' to 'Z' or '0' to '9'.
If you have two different cameras, you could make two shortcuts to start
Dorgem with the following command-lines:
dorgem.exe
dorgem.exe /c:cam2

methinks that this is above your skill level...
but if you need to, try this to change directory:
cd c:\program files\dorgem
i bet you still won't figure out how to setup multiple cameras

-a|ex

 

I believe it's actually current directory.

You said cd .. in both lines above. No cd command AFAIK will take you
down two levels, i.e. from C:\windows\system\command to C:\windows

Technically, CD\ tells you to change to the parent directory or root

you can also type HELP <command> for many DOS commands - in this case,
help cd <enter>.

On XP, you can use CHDIR and not worry about quotes or spaces.

Evan

 

don't need no stink'n quotes... unless you still live in the 16 bit world

-a|ex

 

cd ..\.. will do this.

 

cd ..\.. will change the prompt down two levels.

 

Thank you all for the help, I learned a bunch. It's working great now.

 

You are correct that I was wrong in my response to you. Bad moment.