These are the AmigaDOS commands found in the C directory with an explination of the command and an example.
Addbuffers Format: Addbuffers Drive/A Buffers/N Purpose: Add memory to floppy disk buffers to improve speed. Parameters: Drive = Name of drive, Buffers = Size of buffers to add. Example: Addbuffers DF0: 10 AddDatatypes Format: AddDataTypes files/M QUIET/S REFRESH/S Purpose: Activates datatypes or adds another datatype. Parameters: files = List of datatypes to add, Quiet = No output, Refresh = Update datatypes. Example: AddDataTypes gif.datatype REFRESH Alias Format: Alias Name String/F Purpose: Assigns a short name to a command. Parameters: Name = Alias name, String = String or command to use for alias. Example: Alias Del Delete Ask Format: Ask Prompt/A Purpose: Asks a question in a script (reply y/n). Use IF WARN to test for a yes. Parameters: Prompt = Text to be displayed. Example: Ask "Are you sure? Y/n" Assign Format: Assign Name Target/M LIST/S EXISTS/S DISMOUNT/S DEFER/S PATH/S ADD/S REMOVE/S VOLS/S DIRS/S DEVICES/S Purpose: Assign names to directory paths. Parameters: Name = Name of the assign, Target = Directory path, List = Display list of assigns, Exists = Test if assign exists (use IF WARN), Dismount = Remove assign, Defer = Assign later, Path = Add assign with path, Add = Add a new target to existing path (like LIBS:), Remove = Remove an assign, Vols = List volumes, Dirs = List directories, Devices = List devices. Example: Assign PPaint: DH0:PPaint Avail Format: Avail CHIP/S FAST/S TOTAL/S FLUSH/S Purpose: Memory availablility Parameters: Chip = Display chip memory, Fast = Display fast memory, Total = Display all memory, Flush = Free up memory. Example: Avail TOTAL Binddrivers Format: BindDrivers Purpose: Load device drivers for old hardware. Example: BindDrivers Break Format: Break Process/A/N ALL/S C/S D/S E/S F/S Purpose: Stop a program (see Status) Paramters: Process = Process name, All = Apply C,D,E and F, C = Apply Ctrl+C, D = Apply Ctrl+d, E = Apply Ctrl+E, F = Apply Ctrl+F. Example: Break 2 C CD Format: CD Dir/A Purpose: Change directory Parameters: Dir = Directory to change to Example: CD Text_Files ChangeTaskPri Format: ChangeTaskPri Pri=Priority/A/N Process/K/N Purpose: Changes program's execution priority (see Status) Parameters: Pri = Priority to apply (-128 to +127), Process = Process number (see Status). Example: ChangeTaskPri 2 1 Conclip Format: Conclip Unit/N OFF/S Purpose: Activates clipboard device Parameters: Unit = Clipboard unit, Off = Turn off clipboard. Example: Conclip 1 Copy Format: Copy From/M To/A ALL/S QUIET/S BUF=BUFFER/K/N CLONE/S DATES/S NOPRO/S COM/S NOREQ/S Purpose: Copy files (with/without protection bits) Parameters: From = Files to copy, To = Directory or file to copy to, All = Copy all files, Quiet = No output, Buffer = Size of buffer (default = 100K), Clone = Copy file and datestamp, protect bits and comment, Dates = Copy datestamp as well, NoPro = Set default protection bits, Com = Copy comment, NoReq = No requester popups. Example: Copy mydoc.txt docs: Dates CPU Format: CPU CACHE/S BURST/S NOCACHE/S NOBURST/S DATACACHE/S DATABURST/S NODATACACHE/S NODATABURST/S INSTCACHE/S INSTBURST/S NOINSTCACHE/S NOINSTBURST/S COPYBACK/S NOCOPYBACK/S EXTERNALCACHE/S NOEXTERNALCACHE/S FASTROM/S NOFASTROM/S NOMMUTEST/S CHECK/K Purpose: Change or display CPU settings e.g. caches, burst, fastrom. Useful for some backward compatibility. Parameters: Cache|NoCache|DataCache|InstCache|NoDataCache|NoInstCache = Turn all or some caches on of off, Burst|NoBurst|DataBurst|InstBurst|NoDataBurst|NoInstBurst = Turn all or some burst modes on or off, CopyBack|NoCopyBack = Enable/disable copyback mode for 68040, ExternalCache|NoExternalCache = Enable/disable external cache for 68040, FastRom|NoFastRom = Copy ROM Fast memory or not, NoMMUTest = Don't check for MMU, Check = Check cpu. Example: CPU INSTCACHE FASTROM Date Format: Date Day Date Time To=Ver/K Purpose: Display/change date or time Parameters: Day = Day of the Week, Date = Date in dd-mmm-yy format, Time = Time in hh:mm[:ss] format, To = Save to filename. Example: Date To=date.txt Delete Format: Delete File/M/A ALL/S QUIET/S FORCE/S Purpose: Delete files and/or directories. Parameters: Files = One or more files, All = Delete all subfolders and files, Quiet = No output, Force = Ignore protection flags when deleting. Example: Delete OldFilesDir All Dir Format: Dir Dir Opt/K ALL/S DIRS/S FILES/S INTER/S Purpose: List contents of a directory Parameters: Dir = Directory, Opt = Option, Dirs = List directories, Files = List Files, Inter = Interactive mode. Example: Dir S: Files Diskchange Format: Diskchange Device/A Purpose: Tell Amigados that a disk has been swapped in a non-autosensing disk drive. Parameters: Device = Name of removable device. Example: Diskchange DF2: Diskcopy Format: Diskcopy From/A To/A Name/K NOVERIFY/S MULTI/S Purpose: Duplicates disks Parameters: From = Disk to copy from, To = Disk to copy to, Name = Volume name, NoVerify = Do not verify copy, Multi = Make more than one copy. Example: Diskcopy DF0: to DF1: DiskDoctor Format: Diskdoctor Drive/A Purpose: Repairs disk problems (in place). Deprecated in WB2. Parameters: Drive = Disk drive name. Example: DiskDoctor DF0: Echo Format: Echo String/M NOLINE/S FIRST/K/N LEN/K/N TO/K Purpose: Display text in a script or part of a string of text. Parameters: String = Text to display, NoLine = Do not print a new line, First = Position of first character, Len = Length of substring, To = Destination file. Example: Echo "Enter your name: " NoLine Ed Format: ED From/A Size/N With/K Window/K Tabs/N Width=Cols/N Height=Rows/N Purpose: Edit text files (screen editor) Parameters: From = File to Edit, Size = Size of Memory for file, With = Extended commands file, Window = Console window (e.g. * = current), Tabs = Tab size, Width = Number of columns, Height = Number of rows. Example: ED S:User-Startup Edit Format: Edit From/A To With/K Ver/K Opt/K Width/N Previous/N Purpose: Edit text files (line editor) Parameters: From = File to Edit, To = Destination file, With = Extended commands file, Opt = Options, Width = Number of columns, Previous = Number of previous vesions. Example: Edit s:User-Startup With Ed-Script Else Format: Else Purpose: Used with IF, if not true do these commands Example: If Exists s:User-Startup Say "User Startup already exists" Else Ed s:User-Startup Endif Endcli Format: Endcli Purpose: Close CLI console window Example: Endcli Endif Format: Endif Purpose: End a IF..ELSE..ENDIF block Example: If $Age GT 65 Say "You are a pensioner!" Endif Endskip Format: Endskip Purpose: Stops a SKIP branch (for debugging) Example: Endskip Eval Format: Eval Value1/A Op Value2/M To/K LFormat/K Purpose: Evaluate a simple arithmetic expression Parameters: Value1, Value2 = Values to evaluate (Decimal, Hex (0xn) or Octal (0nnn), Op = Operation (+,-,*,/,^,%), To = File to save result, LFormat = Output format string (use *n to give a line feed). Example: Eval $count + 1 to env:count Execute Format: Execute File/A Purpose: Execute a script or batch file Parameters: File = Script file to execute Example: Execute PCD Failat Format: Failat RCLIM/A Purpose: Change failure limit for scripts (0,5,10,20) (0 - Ok, 5 - Warn, 10 - Error, 20 - Fail) Parameters: RCLIM = Failat number (0-20) Example: Failat 20 Fault Format: Fault Error/N/M Purpose: Display error message from a code Parameters: Error = One or more error numbers Example: Fault 221 "Fault 221: Disk is full" FF Format: FF Purpose: Turns on Fast Fonts Example: FF FileNote Format: Filenote File/A Comment ALL/S QUIET/S Purpose: Attach a comment to a file (see LIST) Parameters: File = File to add comment to, Comment = Text to apply, All = Apply to all files, Quiet = No output Example: FileNote List.txt "A list of people's names" Format Format: Format Device=Drive/K/A Name/K/A OFS/S FFS/S INTL=INTERNATIONAL/S NOINTL=NOINTERNATIONAL/S DIRCACHE/S NODIRCACHE/S NOICONS/S QUICK/S Purpose: Initialises Amiga disks (in System drawer) Parameters: Device|Drive = Disk device or name to format, Name = New volume name, OFS = Old Filing System, FFS = Fast File System, Intl|International = FFS International mode, NoIntl|NoInternational = International mode off, DirCache|NoDirCache = Directory caching on or off, NoIcons = No disk or trash icons, Quick = Less thorough format Example: Format Drive DF0: Name "Docs" NOICONS FFS Get Format: Get Name/A Purpose: Returns contents of local env variable Parameters: Name = Enviornment variable name Example: Get RC Getenv Format: Getenv Name/A Purpose: Return contents of a global environment variable Parameters: Name = Enviornment variable name Example: Getenv Workbench Iconx Format: Iconx Purpose: Enables a script to be run from Workbench. The script must have a Project .info file and the Default Tool set to c:IconX to run it. Example: Iconx If Format: If NOT/S WARN/S ERROR/S FAIL/S EQ/K GT/K GE/K VAL/S EXISTS/K Purpose: If condition is true execute following commands until an ELSE or ENDIF occurs. Parameters: Not = Reverse boolean result, Warn = Test warn flag from previous command, Error = Test error flag from previous command, Fail = Test fail flag from previous command, EQ = Equality test, GT = Greater than test, GE = Greater or equal test, VAL = Input is a number, Exists = Test file exists. Example: IF WARN, IF $count GT 10, IF EXISTS C:List Info Format: Info Device Purpose: Displays information about disks Parameters: Device = Name of device to display Example: Info DH0: Install Format: Install Device/A NOBOOT/S CHECK/S FFS/S Purpose: Saves a bootblock to a disk. If you have only one drive type INSTALL ? and swap disks and then type DF0: and press RETURN to save bootblock. Parameters: Device = Disk to install bootblock, NoBoot = Erase bootblock, Check = Test for bootblock, FFS = Use Fast File System. Example: Install DF0: IPrefs Format: IPrefs Purpose: Initialises preferences files on startup. Example: IPrefs Join Format: Join File/M/A AS=TO/K/A Purpose: Join two or files together. Parameters: File = File(s) to join together, To|as = Destination file Example: Join File1 File2 File3 as FileFull Lab Format: Lab Label Purpose: State a Label to Skip to in a script Parameters: Label = Name of label Example: Lab PROC2 List Format: List Dir/M P=PAT/K KEYS/S DATES/S NODATES/S To/K Sub/K Since/K Upto/K QUICK/S BLOCK/S NOHEAD/S FILES/S DIRS/S LFORMAT/K ALL/S Purpose: List file details in a directory. Parameters: Dir = One or more directory name(s), Keys = Display keys, NoDates = Do not display dates, To = Destination file, Sub = Subdirectories included, Since = List files since date given, Upto = List files upto given date, Quick = Simple directory list, Block = List files in block sizes, NoHead = Do not display header lines, Files = Files only, Dirs = Directorys only, LFormat = Output list using this format string, All = All files. Example: List Workbench: Block Dates Since=01-Jul-00 LoadWB Format: Loadwb -DEBUG/S DELAY/S CLEANUP/S NEWPATH/S Purpose: Display workbench screen Parameters: Debug = Activate debug menu, Delay = Wait 3 secs before loading, Cleanup = Clean up desktop, NewPath = Resnap current path settings. Example: LoadWB -Debug Lock Format: Lock Drive/A ON/S OFF/S Passkey Purpose: Lock a device from writing. Parameters: Drive = Drive to lock, On|Off = Turn lock on or off, PassKey = Specify password. Example: Lock DH1: On GHK459 MagTape Format: MagTape Device/K Unit/N/K RET=RETENSION/S REW=REWIND/S SKIP/N/K Purpose: Controls magnetic tape device. Parameters: Device = Tape device, Unit = Unit number, Ret|Retension = Retension tape, Rew|Rewind = Rewind tape, Skip = Skip parts of tape by a value. Example: Magtape Device TAPE1: Unit 0 REWIND MakeDir Format: Makedir Name/M Purpose: Create one or more new directories. Parameters: Name = One or more directories to create. Example: MakeDir DH1:Docs DH1:Basic DH0:TempFiles MakeLink Format: MakeLink From/A To/A HARD/S FORCE/S Purpose: Creates a logical link between files Parameters: From = Link file, To = Actual file, Hard = Hard link, Force = Link to sub-directory Example: MakeLink T C:Type Hard Mount Format: Mount Device/M From/K Purpose: Loads and mount a device Parameters: Device = Device to mount, From = Mount file Example: Mount DEVS:CD0 Newcli Format: Newcli Window From Purpose: Open a new CLI console (CON) window Window format: CON:X/Y/Width/Height/Name/Option(s) Options: Auto,Backdrop,Noborder, Nodrag,Simple, Smart,Wait,Close Parameters: Window = Window config string, From = Alternative script to Shell-Script. Options. Auto = Open only when output sent to it, Backdrop = Open as a backdrop behind other windows, NoBorder = No left or bottom borders, NoDrag = No draggable title bar, Simple = Simple refresh, Smart = Smart refresh, Wait = Remain open under window is close manually. Example: Newcli CON:0/10/400/200/Shell/CLOSE NewShell Format: NewShell Window From Purpose: Open a new Shell console (CON) window Parameters: Window = Window config string, From = Alternative script to Shell-Script. Example: NewShell From S:Shell-Startup Path Format: Path Path/M ADD/S SHOW/S RESET/S REMOVE/S QUIET/S Purpose: Set or change the program search path Parameters: Path = Directory path to change, Add = Add path, Show = Display path, Reset = Clear path, Remove = Remove entry from path, Quiet = No output Example: Path SC:C Add Prompt Format: Prompt Prompt Purpose: Change the prompt text (Codes: %R = last return code, %S = Current path, %N = CLI Number) Parameters: Prompt = Path format Example: Prompt "%N.%S> " Protect Format: Protect File/A Flags ADD/S SUB/S ALL/S QUIET/S Purpose: Change the 'rwedsp' flags of a file. (r=read,w=write, e=execute,d=delete,s=script,p=pure) Parameters: File = File to change, Flags = One or more flags, Add = Add flag(s) to existing flags, Sub = Remove flags from file, All = Change all files, Quiet = No output Example: Protect Editor rwed Quit Format: Quit RC/N Purpose: Quit a script with optional return code Parameters: RC = Return Code Example: Quit 5 Relabel Format: Relabel Drive/A Name/A Purpose: Change name of a disk Parameters: Drive = Disk to change, Name = New volume name Example: Relabel DF0: "Documents" RemRAD Format: RemRAD Device FORCE/S Purpose: Remove RAD device from memory Parameters: Device = RAD device, Force = Remove even if in use Example: RemRAD RAD: Rename Format: Rename From/A/M To=As/A QUIET/S Purpose: Rename or move one or more files Parameters: From = Old filename, To|As = New filename, Quiet = No output Example: Rename MyDoc as MyDoc.doc RequestChoice Format: RequestChoice Title/A Body/A Gadgets/M PubScreen/K Purpose: Asks for input via a requester Parameters: Title = Title for dialog box, Body = Text for dialog box, Gadgets = List of buttons, Pubscreen = Screen to use. Example: RequestChoice >ENV:RT "Format" "About to format your hard disk*nAre you sure?" "Go ahead" "No way!" RequestFile Format: RequestFile Drawer File/K Pattern/K Title/K Positive/K Negative/K AcceptPattern/K RejectPattern/K SAVEMODE/S MULTISELECT/S DRAWERSONLY/S NOICONS/S PUBSCREEN/K Parameters: Drawer = Initial drawer to use, File = Initial file name, Pattern = Use pattern as filter, Title = Title of dialog box, Positive = Text for OK button, Negative = Text for Cancel button, AcceptPattern = Defines file pattern(s) to show (overrides Pattern), RejectPattern = Pattern(s) of files to hide, SaveMode = Change colours to indicate Save or other mode, MultiSelect = Allow multiple file selection, DrawersOnly = Display only directories, NoIcons = Suppress info files, PubScreen = Screen to use. Purpose: Asks for a filename via ASL file requester Example: RequestFile >ENV:File Title "Select a File" Positive "Load" Noicons Resident Format: Resident Name File REMOVE/S ADD/S REPLACE/S PURE=FORCE/S SYSTEM/S Purpose: Stores AmigaDOS command in memory (quicker then reloading from disk each time it is executed). To ensure a command can be made resident check the pure flag (see List). Parameters: Name|File = File to be made resident, Remove = Remove file from resident list, Add = Add file to resident memory, Pure|Force = Force a non-pure file to be resident, System = Show system's resident code segments. Example: Resident C:Dir Pure Run Format: Run Command/F Purpose: Execute a program in the background (multi-task) Parameters: Command = Program to run Example: Run Printfiles Doc1 Search Format: Search From/M Search/A ALL/S NONUM/S QUIET/S QUICK/S FILE/S PATTERN/S Purpose: Search for a string in a file or a file on a disk Parameters: From = Directory to seach from, Search = Text to search for, All = Search sub-directories, NoNum = Line numbers are not displayed, Quiet = No Output, Quick = Reduce output listing, File = Search a file rather than content, Pattern = Search using a pattern. Example: Search SYS: "List" File All Set Format: Set Name String/F Purpose: Sets or lists a local environment variable (local to current shell or current process) Parameters: Name = Variable name, String = Text or number for variable Example: Set MyName "Peter" SetClock Format: Setclock LOAD/S SAVE/S RESET/S Purpose: Load or set the date and time from battery-backed clock Parameters: Load = Load date from clock, Save = Save date and time to clock, Reset = Resets the click Example: Date 27-Nov-00 10:00, SetClock Save SetDate Format: Setdate File/A Weekday Date Time ALL/S Purpose: Set date of a file or directory (see List) Parameters: File = File to change, Weekday = Day of week, Date = Date, Time = Time, All = All files Example: Setdate DEVS: Monday 10:30 Setenv Format: Setenv Name String/F Purpose: Change the contents of a environment variable Parameters: Name = Variable name, String = Text or number for variable Example: Setenv Workbench "3.1" Setfont Format: Setfont Name/A Size/N/A SCALE/S PROP/S ITALIC/S BOLD/S UNDERLINE/S Purpose: Sets console font Parameters: Name = Font name, Size = Font size, Scale = Scale font to size, Prop = Specify if a Proportional font, Italic = Use italic font, Bold = Use bold font, Underline = Use underlined font Example: SetFont Courier 15 Bold SetKeyboard Format: Setkeyboard Keymap/A Purpose: Sets keyboard layout using layouts in Devs:Keymaps. You can use the Input preferences instead. Parameters: Keymap = Keymap file to use Example: SetKeyboard USA0 SetMap Format: SetMap <keymap id> Purpose: Sets keyboard layout. Deprecated in WB2. Keymaps include CDN,CH1,CH2,D,DK,E,F,GB,I,IS,N,S,USA0,USA1,USA2. Keymap can be set in icon using Tooltype: KEYMAP=<map> Parameters: Keymap = Keymap file to use Example: Setmap GB SetPatch Format: Setpatch QUIET/S NOCACHE/S REVERSE/S NOAGA/S Purpose: Patch Operating System functions and remove bugs (43.4) Example: Setpatch Quiet SetPatch Format: Setpatch QUIET/S NOCACHE/S REVERSE/S NONSD/S NOAGA/S PATCHCONFIGFILE=PCF/K PATCHCONFIGLINE=PCL/K PATCHINFO=PI/S FORCEUPDATE/S KILLUPDATE/S NOROMUPDATE/S DISABLEROMMODULES/S SKIPROMUPDATES=SKIPROMMODULES/K WAITFORVALIDATE/S AVOIDMEMFKICKFORPATCHES/S Purpose: Patch Operating System functions, enable/disable rom updates, disable HD NDS mode, wait for disk validation and remove bugs (44.38) Parameters: Quiet = No output, NoCache = Cache off, Reverse = Reverse action of setpatch, NoNSD = No New Style Device (Large HD support), PatchConfigFile = Specify a patch config file, PatchConfigLine = Specify a Patch Config line, PatchInfo = Show patch infom, ForceUpdate = Install updates despite something installed earlier, NoRomUpdate = Do not install ROM updates, DisableRomModules = Remove some ROM modiles (can cause a crash), SkipRomUpdates = Skip following updates,WaitForValidate = Waits for all volumes to be validated, AvoidMemFKickForPatches = Ignore MemFKick for Patches. Example: Setpatch NOROMUPDATE NONSD QUIET Skip Format: Skip Label BACK/S Purpose: Jump to a label in a script (see Lab). Use back if label occurs before Skip command. Parameters: Label = Label name to skip to, Back = Go back in script to label Example: Skip Lab2 Back Sort Format: Sort From/A To/A Colstart/K CASE/S NUMERIC/S Purpose: Sort a file and output to new file Parameters: From = File to sort, To = Output file, Colstart = Column to sort from, Case = Upper case entries are done first, Numeric = Input treated as numbers. Example: Sort Figures To SortedFigures Numeric Stack Format: Stack Size/N Purpose: Change/display amount of stack space in bytes. Parameters: Size = Stack size in bytes Example: Stack 10000 Status Format: Status Process/N FULL/S TCB/S CLI=ALL/S COM=COMMAND/K Purpose: Display status of running programs. TCB is Task Control Block Parameters: Process = Task number, Full = Full output of process info, TCB = Information except the command name, CLI|All = Command info only, COM|Command = Search for command. Example: Status 2 Full Type Format: Type From/A/M TO/K OPT H|N/K HEX/S NUMBER/S Purpose: Display contents of text file on screen and binary files using HEX with optional line numbers. Parameters: From = Text file to display, To = Output file or device, Opt H | Hex = Display as hex values, Opt N | Number = Number the lines. Example: Type C:DIR HEX Unset Format: Unset Name Purpose: Remove a local env variable Parameters: Name = Environment variable name Example: Unset MyName UnSetEnv Format: UnSetEnv Name Purpose: Remove a global env variable Parameters: Name = Environment variable name Example: UnSetEnv Workbench Unalias Format: Unalias Name Purpose: Remove a short name for a command Parameters: Name = Alias name Example: UnAlias MyDir Version Format: Version Name Version/N Revision/N FILE/S FULL/S Unit/N INTERNAL/S RES/S Purpose: Display workbench, library or device version information. Parameters: Name = File, Version = Print Kickstart or Workbench number and sets env variables and sets Warn flag, Revision = As Version but for Revision numer, File = Check file rather than memory, Full = Display full information, Internal = Check internal files, Res = Check resident files. Example: Version kickstart Version=39 Revision=106 Wait Format: Wait Time/N SEC=SECS/S MIN=MINS/S UNTIL/K Purpose: Wait for a specified period of time Parameters: Time = Time period in either Sec (Seconds) or Mins (Minutes), Until = Wait until a time Example: Wait Until 12:00 Which Format: Which File/A NORES/S RES/S ALL/S Purpose: Find where a file is in command path (see Path) and sets Warn flag. Parameters: File = File to locate, NoRes = Resident list is not searched, Res = Only the resident list is searched, All = Search full path. Example: Which Multiview Why Format: Why Purpose: Display reason why a previous command failed Example: Why Key /A Required argument /F Final argument in list /K Keyword must be entered with argument /M Multiple arguments /N Number /S Switch (optional)
DMS Format: DMS Read file[.DMS] [FROM dev:] [TEXT filetext] [CMODE mode] [LOW lowtrack] [HIGH hightrack] [NOVAL] [NOZERO] [ENCRYPT password] DMS Write file[.DMS],,, [TO dev:] [LOW lowtrack] [HIGH hightrack] [NOVAL] [NOTEXT] [NOPAUSE [DECRYPT password] DMS Repack file[.DMS] [TO dev:] [LOW lowtrack] [HIGH hightrack] [CMODE mode] DMS View file[.DMS],,, [FULL] DMS Text file[.DMS],,, DMS Test file[.DMS],,, DMS Help Purpose: To read, write or view Disk Masher disk images of floppy disks. Example: DMS Write MyDisk.DMS FROM DF0: Installer Format: Installer [SCRIPT] filename <[APPNAME] name> <[MINIUSER] level> <[DEFUSER] default> <[LOGFILE] logname> <[LANGUAGE] language> <NOPRETEND> <NOLOG> <NOPRINT> Purpose: To install an application via a installer script. Usually provided as a default tool for script files in icon. Example: Installer SCRIPT InstallApp APPNAME MyProgram LOGFILE DH0:MyProgram.log LHA Format: LHA [-options] <command> <archive[.LZH|LHA]> [[homedir] <filespec...] [@file] [destination] Purpose: To create, modify or list LHA or LZH files Examples: LHA a pictures.lha #?.jpg (archives all jpg files into pictures.lha) LHA l pictures.lha (lists all files in pictures.lha) LHA x pictures.lha (extracts all files from pictures.lha) LZX Format: LZX [-options] <command> <archive> [<file> ...] [<destdir>] Purpose: To create, modify or list LZX archive files. Examples: LZX a documents.lzx #?.doc (archives all doc files into documents.lzx) LZX l documents.lzx (lists all files in documents.lzx) LZX x documents.lzx (extracts all files from documents.lzx) Additional AmigaDOS Information Clear Screen Example: Echo "*E[0;0H*E[J" Purpose: Clears the AmigaOS screen. Uses printer commands to control text formatting in CLI, so *E is equivalent to ESC character. The command clear is normally defined using an Alias or an AmigaDOS script in S: folder. Text in Italics Example: Echo "*E[3mItalics*E[23m" Purpose: *E[3m turns on italics and *E[23m turns off italics Text in Bold Example: Echo "*E[1mBold*E[22m" Purpose: *E[1m turns on bold, and *E[22m turns off bold. Underline Text Example: Echo "*E[4mUnderline*E[24m" Purpose: *E[4m turns on underline, and *E24m turns off underline. Coloured Text Example: Echo "*E[32mRed Text*E[0m" Purpose: *E[nm where n=30-39 for foreground color or n=40-49 for background colour. *E[0m resets to normal character set.