Copying base operating system files to DOS files

Use the doswrite command to copy the specified base operating system file to the specified DOS file.

Note: DOS file-naming conventions are used with one exception. Because the backslash (\) character can have special meaning to the base operating system, use a slash (/) character as the delimiter to specify subdirectory names in a DOS path name.

See the following examples:

To copy a text file named chap1 from the base operating file system to a DOS diskette, type the following:
```
doswrite -a chap1 chap1.doc
```
This copies the base operating system file chap1 in the current directory to the DOS text file \CHAP1.DOC on /dev/fd0.
To copy a binary file named /survey/test.dta from the base operating file system to a DOS diskette, type the following:
```
doswrite -D/dev/fd0 /home/fran/testdata /survey/test.dta
```
This copies the base operating system data file /home/fran/testdata to the DOS file \SURVEY\TEST.DTA on /dev/fd0.

See the doswrite command in the Commands Reference, Volume 2 for the complete syntax.