DOG Documentation

Parameters:

• -P - Makes DOG a PERMANENT shell. Using this flag will also result in the
  execution of dog.dog in the current directory.
• -E envsz - Makes the environment to (envsz / 16) 16 bit pages.
• -C command line - Executes the command line and exits.

The internal commands are:

• CD
• CT
• EH
• HH
• MD
• RD
• SE
• XX

The external commands are:

• BR
• CC
• CL
• CP
• CT
• LS
• MV
• RM
• SZ
• TP
• VF
• VR

• ON - Set DOS Break flag to ON (check for break on all DOS calls).
• OFF - Set DOS Break flag to OFF (check for break only when reading/writing stdin/stdout/stderr).

• CodePage - The new codepage to use for characters.
• - cc without Args returns the codepages availabe, and shows the active.

• Path - The destination path. The .. directory can be appended directly to cd like in DOS. e.g.cd..
  Every dot over the first two will be iterpeted as one more parrent directory; thus .... is equal to ..\..\..
• - cd without Args returns the current directory.

• src - The file you want to copy. The * and ? wildcards are NOT OK.
• trg - Path to the target file or directory.

Effect: Copies the source file to trg.
Note: This command is not ready yet.
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• Device - the name of the device that io is set to. Eg. CON, AUX, NUL...

• text - anything you want to type out from a DOG file.

  Use these special characters to format the text.

  • $$ - the $sign.
  • $_ - space
  • $b - vertical bar ( ¦ )
  • $e - The ESC character (ASCII 27 = 1b in hex)
  • $h - backspace (removes 1 character)
  • $l - Left angle ( < )
  • $g - Right angle ( > )
  • $n - New line
  • $r - Carriage return
  • $t - Tabulator

Effect: Print a (formatted) string to stdio (normally the screen). EH by itself wil put a new line.
Note: You can have many strings, they will be separated by one space regardless of what kind of whitespace you specify on the command line
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• The args can be given in any order.
• arg_list can be any of the following args.
  • -a - Any file Attribute
  • -d - Directories Only
  • -f - Files Only
  • -h - help text
  • -l - show volume label
  • -? - syntax
• search pattern - a list of filenames to find. The * and ? wildcards are OK.

• dir - Name or Path of new directory.

• old_name - The path to the file you want to change. * and ? are OK
• new_name - The path to the new filename. * and ? are OK

• dir - Name or path of EMPTY directory to remove.

• list - A space separated list of files you want to delete. No more multiple commands to delete *.BK! *.BKP etc files!

• env_var - the name of the environment variable. The name is UPPERCASED Predefines ones are:
  • PATH - A ; separated list of directories that are searched in to find a program.
  • PROMPT - The string may consist of normal text and these special characters
    • $$ - the $ sign.
    • $_ OR $S - space
    • $b - vertical bar ( ¦ )
    • $e - The ESC character (ASCII 27 = 1b in hex)
    • $h - Backspace (deletes a char)
    • $l - Left angle ( < )
    • $g - Right angle ( > )
    • $n - New line
    • $r - Carriage return
    • $t - Tabulator
    • $p - Current drive and path
    • $c OR $T - Current time.
    • $d OR $D - Current Date.
  • COMSPEC - Path to DOG
• string - The value that env_var should have.

• -k - give sizes in kb
• -m - give sizes in Mb
• path - the directory or file you want to know the size of. Wildcards * and ? ar OK.

• file_list - A space separated list of filenames.

• ON - Set the DOS Verify flag to ON
• OFF - Set the DOS Verify flag to OFF