Purpose: Loads the Doskey program into memory. The Doskey
program
recalls DOS commands and allows you to edit command lines and create and
run
macros. (New with DOS Version 5.0.)
Discussion
The DOSKEY program is a memory resident program which is used to recall
and edit
command lines and create and run macros. When it is installed it takes
about 3
kilobytes of resident memory. To start the Doskey program using the
default settings, enter
doskey
Options
/reinstall - Used to install a new copy of the Doskey program. If a
Doskey program is already installed, this clears the buffer and installs the new
program.
/bufsize=size - Specifies the size of the buffer to be used by Doskey
commands
and macros. The default is 512 bytes and the minimum buffer size is 256
bytes.
/macros - Used to display a list of all Doskey macros. By using a
redirection symbol (>), you can redirect the list to a file. You can
abbreviate
macros to /M.
/history - Used to display a list of all commands currently stored in
memory.
Use a redirection symbol (>) with this option to redirect the list to a
file.
You can abbreviate history to /H.
/insert|/overstrike - Specifies whether the text you type will be
inserted
into old text or replaces it. If you use the default (/overstrike), new
text
will replace old text.
macroname=text - macroname specifies the name of the macro you want to
define
and text specifies the commands you want executed when you type the
macroname at
the DOS prompt. You can create as many macroname=text definitions as you
want,
up to the 127 character limit of the DOS command line.
Example
To display a list of all the commands currently stored in memory,
enter
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