Article: Q74296
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:3.x,4.x,5.0
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 3.1, 3.2, 3.21, 3.3, 3.3a, 4.0, 4.01, 5.0
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SUMMARY
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The MS-DOS EDIT command does not save a backup file the way the MS-DOS EDLIN
command does.
Information about EDIT applies to Microsoft MS-DOS version 5.0.
Information about EDLIN applies to Microsoft MS-DOS versions 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.21,
3.22, 3.3, 3.30a, 4.0, 4.01, and 5.0.
MORE INFORMATION
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EDIT is an external DOS command that can start the MS-DOS Editor (a full-screen
text editor), but EDIT does not create a backup file with a .BAK extension the
way EDLIN does, even if changes are made.
EDLIN is an external DOS command as well. However, EDLIN is a line- oriented text
editor; when you end your editing session with the "E" command, EDLIN will give
the changed file the same name as the original and rename the original file with
a .BAK extension. If you end the editing session with the "Q" command, however,
your original file will remain unchanged.
Additional query words: 3.00 3.10 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.30 3.30a 4.00 4.01 5.00
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Keywords :
Technology : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS321 kbMSDOS400 kbMSDOS320 kbMSDOS330a kbMSDOS310 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS330 kbMSDOS401
Version : MS-DOS:3.x,4.x,5.0
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