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From: hinkle@acsu.buffalo.edu (steven j hinkle)
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Subject: copy command
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Date: 6 Feb 91 20:25:19 GMT
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    This may seem like a strange question, but I was tring to copy
a file from one drive (1581) to the another drive (1571) using the 
basic 7.0 command copy like this.
   
           COPY "sourcefile" TO "targetfile",U9

since my 1571 is set up to be device #9.  However, this command
started the 1571 to spin but did not touch the 1581 (device #8) 
drive at all.  I read through both manual for the drives and the 
command is the same.  I didn't understand why this was happening.
I knew I set the numbers correctly because I could list the directories
of each device using the device number.  So, to get my files copied,
I had to LOAD them into memory from device 8 and SAVE them to device 9.

This does work okay but it seems it should be much easier with the 
COPY command.

Anyone have any ideas on this?

Steven Hinkle
 
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