In the following example you will have the capability of creating a time log of when the batch file is loaded or for example in the autoexec.bat when someone logs into a computer. ECHO. |TIME > TIME COPY LOG +TIME For the above batch file to work properly you must create a file called log by typing "edit log" (without the quotes) and then save an exit the file which will create the file at 0 bytes. If this file is not created or not created properly you will receive the error message "Content of destination lost before copy". START C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindowsexec EXIT MS-DOS COMMANDS A ANSI.SYS | ARP | ATTRIB B BREAK C CD | CHCP | CHDIR | CHKDSK | CHOICE | CLS | COMMAND | COPY | CTTY D DATE | DEBUG | DEL | DELTREE | DIR | DISKCOPY | DOSKEY | DOSSHELL | DRIVPARM E ECHO | EDIT | EDLIN | EMM386 | ERASE | EXIT | EXPAND | EXTRACT F FASTHELP | FC | FDISK | FIND | FOR | FORMAT | FTP G NONE H HELP I IFSHLP.SYS | IPCONFIG J NONE K KEYB L LABEL | LH | LOADFIX | LOADHIGH M MD | MEM | MKDIR | MODE | MORE | MOVE | MSAV | MSD | MSCDEX N NET | NLSFUNC O NONE P PATH | PAUSE | PING | POWER | PROMPT Q QBASIC R RD | REN | RENAME | RMDIR | ROUTE S SCANREG | SET | SETVER | SHARE | SORT | SUBST | SWITCHES | SYS T TIME | TRACERT | TREE | TYPE U UNDELETE | UNFORMAT V VER | VERIFY | VOL W NONE X XCOPY Y NONE Z NONE SECRET MS-DOS COMMANDS Please use these commands cautiously some of the commands can erase data and or erase data without warning. ATTRIB , The comma is short for ATTRIB -a -h -r - s *.* (removes all attributes of a file). BACKUP /HP Unknown DIR , This lists all files including hidden files, does not work in Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 DIR ... Lists all directories that do not have extensions. In Windows 95 / Windows 98 will list the contents of the directories previous to the directory currently in. DOSKEY /APPEDIT Unknown DOSKEY /COMMAND Unknown DOSKEY /PERMANENT Unknown DOSKEY /SCRSIZE Unknown DOSKEY /XHISTORY Unknown FDISK /MBR Recreates the Master Boot Record See CH000175 for additional information. FDISK /PRI See FDISK Page for additional information. FDISK /EXT See FDISK Page for additional information. FDISK /LOG See FDISK Page for additional information. FDISK /Q Prevents fdisk from booting the system automatically after exiting fdisk. FDISK /STATUS Shows you the current status of your hard drives. FORMAT /AUTOTEST Formats the hard drive without any prompting. FORMAT /BACKUP Like /AUTOTEST but it will ask you for a volume label. FORMAT /Z:n Command used with FDISK supporting FAT32, used to specify the cluster size in bytes where n is multiplied by 512. MEM /A or /ALL Adds a line into the MEM command tells the available space in HMA. RESTORE /Y Unknown RESTORE /Z Unknown SET DIRCMD=0 Will make all directories hidden however still accessible, to get them back SET DIRCMD= SHARE /NC Unknown TRUENAME Put before a file will display the whole directory which it exists. VER /R Tells you the Revision and if DOS is in HMA.