Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!news.funet.fi!uwasa.fi!ts From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Looking For... Message-ID: <1991May5.053002.4970@uwasa.fi> Date: 5 May 91 05:30:02 GMT References: <1991May4.105340.1285@uwasa.fi> <1991May4.152724.26011@midway.uchicago.edu> Followup-To: comp.os.msdos.programmer Organization: University of Vaasa Lines: 20 In article <1991May4.152724.26011@midway.uchicago.edu> valley@gsbsun.uchicago.edu (Doug Dougherty) writes: : >The DOS "COPY" command is a bad thing, as the following scenario shows: No one claimed that its a good, fast solution. It is _a_ solution. But in the meanwhile it gets things done. Another makeshift MsDos scenario is a batch file using for and type commands with redirection. >Also, DOS COPY does funny stuff with ^Zs that should be avoided. The /b switch (or omitting it) gives some flexibility. Followups goto comp.os.msdos.programmer ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun