re: little bitta dos was Re: CncPRO files
Posted by
ballendo@y...
on 2000-12-14 16:23:56 UTC
Carey wrote:
Don't feel bad, most of us don't remember what we don't use :-)
First, how about SAVING the file (while in windows) TO the
CncPRO 'gcode' directory?!? Then it WILL ALREADY be there when
you 'goto' DOS! You can 'rename' the file ext. to the .TXT CncPRO
requires at the same time.
Or...
In DOS, there are three commands worth committing to memory, IMO.
DIR, CD, and COPY. REN (rename can also be useful) If you type these
commands followed by a slash and question mark, as in DIR/? , DOS
will list the format/syntax of the command. Realise this will show
EVERY option; you often just need the simplest version!
DIR will list the contents of a directory (think folder, it's the
same thing). I nearly ALWAYS type DIR/w/o/p , which returns to me the
W ide listing, in O rder, and one P age (screen of text) at a time.
CD is shorthand for 'change directory'. Or 'current directory'. Type
cd, then a space, then the name of the folder you want. It works just
like the mouse clicks in windows, but instead of selecting, you have
to type. And go one 'level' at a time. To go backwards one level,
type cd.. ,to go "all the way" back, type cd\
COPY does what its' name implies. It's the same as a copy,paste
operation in windows. An easy way to relate this to windows is to
think of the 'browse' dialog. You ARE at some place that you want
something. You start to 'look' for it, descending level by level,
until you find it, then you 'bring' it to where you are. ...Copy it
to where you are. For example, You want a file in the 'Drawing'
folder of your 'MYcamPkg' folder on the 'C'drive to use as a toolpath
for CncPRO. You type 'cd gcode'(move to the destination folder which
CncPRO has specified is the place for toolpath files). Then type
Copy C:\mycampkg\drawing\xxxxxxxx.xxx where the x's are the name of
the file you want. Dos will respond '1 file copied' (if it can find
the file you asked for).
Hope this abbreviated instruction is useful.
Ballendo
P.S. Dos does not care if things are capital letters or not. You will
save yourself a lot of hassle if you can keep toolpath and directory
names to 8 letters or digits. DOS can (natively) only deal with 8
letter/digit names. Because of this, windows will 'truncate' longer
names to the first letters, plus the tilde(~), followed by a number.
If your names are not defined by the first 5 or six letters, you may
get the wrong file!
>I hate to admit this ,but most of what I ever knew about dos hasCarey,
>long been forgotten. Unfortunately I am not one of those fortunate
>ones who remembers everything that they have ever learned. With
>windows I can do it all with a few mouse clicks. It would be nice if
>I could go get a file without leaving CNCPro. Doug?
Don't feel bad, most of us don't remember what we don't use :-)
First, how about SAVING the file (while in windows) TO the
CncPRO 'gcode' directory?!? Then it WILL ALREADY be there when
you 'goto' DOS! You can 'rename' the file ext. to the .TXT CncPRO
requires at the same time.
Or...
In DOS, there are three commands worth committing to memory, IMO.
DIR, CD, and COPY. REN (rename can also be useful) If you type these
commands followed by a slash and question mark, as in DIR/? , DOS
will list the format/syntax of the command. Realise this will show
EVERY option; you often just need the simplest version!
DIR will list the contents of a directory (think folder, it's the
same thing). I nearly ALWAYS type DIR/w/o/p , which returns to me the
W ide listing, in O rder, and one P age (screen of text) at a time.
CD is shorthand for 'change directory'. Or 'current directory'. Type
cd, then a space, then the name of the folder you want. It works just
like the mouse clicks in windows, but instead of selecting, you have
to type. And go one 'level' at a time. To go backwards one level,
type cd.. ,to go "all the way" back, type cd\
COPY does what its' name implies. It's the same as a copy,paste
operation in windows. An easy way to relate this to windows is to
think of the 'browse' dialog. You ARE at some place that you want
something. You start to 'look' for it, descending level by level,
until you find it, then you 'bring' it to where you are. ...Copy it
to where you are. For example, You want a file in the 'Drawing'
folder of your 'MYcamPkg' folder on the 'C'drive to use as a toolpath
for CncPRO. You type 'cd gcode'(move to the destination folder which
CncPRO has specified is the place for toolpath files). Then type
Copy C:\mycampkg\drawing\xxxxxxxx.xxx where the x's are the name of
the file you want. Dos will respond '1 file copied' (if it can find
the file you asked for).
Hope this abbreviated instruction is useful.
Ballendo
P.S. Dos does not care if things are capital letters or not. You will
save yourself a lot of hassle if you can keep toolpath and directory
names to 8 letters or digits. DOS can (natively) only deal with 8
letter/digit names. Because of this, windows will 'truncate' longer
names to the first letters, plus the tilde(~), followed by a number.
If your names are not defined by the first 5 or six letters, you may
get the wrong file!