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 MS-DOS, Disks, and Directories
 
 ■ The following keywords are used in Visual Basic to find, traverse, and
   change disk drives and directories, and to perform other MS-DOS tasks:
 
   ◄CHDIR►        Changes current default directory for specified drive
   ◄CHDRIVE►      Changes current drive
   ◄COMMAND$►     Returns argument portion of command line string
   ◄CURDIR$►      Returns path currently in use for the specified drive
   ◄DIR$►         Returns file name that matches the specified pattern
   ◄ENVIRON►      Changes or adds environment string
   ◄ENVIRON$►     Returns MS-DOS environment string
   ◄FILES►        Displays the current or specified directory contents
   ◄Interrupt[X]► Performs MS-DOS system calls
   ◄KILL►         Deletes files from disk
   ◄MKDIR►        Creates new directory
   ◄NAME►         Changes name of a disk file or directory
   ◄RMDIR►        Removes existing directory
   ◄SHELL►        Suspends execution of program and runs another executable
 
 See: ◄Keywords by Task►        ◄Directory List Box Control►
      ◄Drive List Box Control►  ◄File List Box Control►