DOSKEY

Loads the Doskey program into memory. The Doskey program recalls MS-DOS     
commands and enables you to edit command lines and create and run macros.

Doskey is a memory-resident program.
When installed, Doskey occupies about 3 kilobytes of resident memory.

Syntax

    DOSKEY [/REINSTALL] [/BUFSIZE=size] [/MACROS]
    [/HISTORY][/INSERT|/OVERSTRIKE] [macroname=[text]]
    [/APPEDIT]

To start the Doskey program and use the default settings,
use the following syntax:

    DOSKEY

Parameter

macroname=[text]
    Creates a macro that carries out one or more MS-DOS commands (a Doskey
    macro). Macroname specifies the name you want to assign to the macro.
    Text specifies the commands you want to record.

Switches

/REINSTALL
    Installs a new copy of the Doskey program, even if one is already
    installed. In the latter case, the /REINSTALL switch also clears the
    buffer.

/BUFSIZE=size
    Specifies the size of the buffer in which Doskey stores commands and
    Doskey macros. The default size is 512 bytes.
    The minimum buffer size is 256 bytes.

/MACROS
    Displays a list of all Doskey macros. You can use a redirection symbol
    (>) with the /MACROS switch to redirect the list to a file. You can
    abbreviate the /MACROS switch as /M.

/HISTORY
    Displays a list of all commands stored in memory. You can use
    a redirection symbol (>) with the /HISTORY switch to redirect
    the list to a file. You can abbreviate the /HISTORY switch as /H.

/INSERT|/OVERSTRIKE
    Specifies whether new text you type is to replace old text. If you use
    the /INSERT switch, new text that you type on a line is inserted into
    old text (as if you had pressed the INSERT key).
    If you use the /OVERSTRIKE switch, new text replaces old text.
    The default setting is /OVERSTRIKE.

/APPEDIT
    Submitted by Franc Zabkar:
    The undocumented APPEDIT switch (in Win9x) enables command line history
    in applications such as DEBUG.EXE.