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Subject: Re: copy file
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Date: 30 Mar 91 22:41:58 GMT
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X-Subliminal-Message: IBM/370 assembler is your friend.

the command, BACKUP comes to mind it comes with dos. If you have this huge file
alone in a subdirectory, set up a subst, making that subdirectory a logical
drive. then do the backup of that "drive". Something like
subst Q: c:\thisdir\thissubdir
backup Q:\ A:


once you have done this you must use the restore command to put it back on a ha
rd drive.
(as a side note I know that there are some utilities that let you "play with"
the file in the backed up format but at this time I cannot think of one.)
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