Command Line How-To

For Windows

Instructions for starting a command line application in Windows:

1. Go to the start menu

   

   
   
2. Select Run...

   

   
   
3. Enter cmd, and click OK

   

   
   

Navigating using the Command Line

To change drives, e.g., from C: to E: simply type e: (or E:) at the command line prompt.

To change directories in a drive type cd and the directory path, e.g., to get to the AMPL directory simply type cd .

To move up a directory (i.e., to the parent directory) type cd ...

If you get stuck, try typing help.

-- MichaelOSullivan - 27 Feb 2008