Working with directories

In Windows, the backslash \ is used to separate paths. This is different from the Mac/Unix world which uses a slash /.

Changing directory

The cd (change directory) command is used to, well, change directory. This allows you to change where you are 'standing' at the command line.

Change to your home directory
cd %HOMEPATH%

Change to your documents directory
cd Documents

Change to an absolute path
cd c:\Users\Alice\music

mkdir will make a directory

Make a directory 'test' in the current directory
mkdir test

Make a directory 'test' at a specific location
mkdir c:\Users\alice\documents\test

rmdir /s (remove directory) will delete a directory.

Delete a directory 'test' in the current directory
rmdir /s test

Delete a specific 'test' directory
rmdir /s c:\Users\alice\documents\test

Note: Be very sure of the path you give to rmdir before you press ENTER