Description

It's a MSX-DOS 1 tool created by Steven van Loef. You can find it

in MSX MS-DOS Computer Magazine 31 and the corresponding MCMD30 disk (source code in MORASS file)
on Future Magazine 3

Command

Effect

Displays data from one file, while making a pause at the bottom of each screen page and asking "More?" - Enter J or Y to continue, any other key will stop the execution.

Note: Under MSX-DOS 2 / Nextor, this tool can only handle the files that are in the same folder. Besides, the DOS 2 version of TYPE has a /P option that allows a pause at the end of the screen.

Syntax

MORE <Device>:<Filename>

Parameters

<Device> is the name for used device. It can only be a disk drive.

If you don't specify the drive, the computer will use the currently active drive (by default, it's drive A:)

Device type	Device name	Remark
Disk drive	A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H	A floppy disk interface can control until 2 drives.

<Filename> is the file name to type. Wildcards are accepted, but actually only the first found file corresponding to the specified conditions will be typed.

Example

A>MORE B:STORY.TXT

Related to

TYPE

Environment

MSX1 and higher
MSX-DOS 1 / MSX-DOS 2 / Nextor

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