Article ID: 74296
Article Last Modified on 11/26/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.1
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.21 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3a
- Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q74296
SUMMARY
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
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
Keywords: KB74296
