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From: nesbbx!billsey@agora.UUCP (Bill Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: Cat files <where?>
Message-ID: <193b97ba.ARN0179@nesbbx.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jun 91 01:17:46 GMT
References: <1991May29.222408.27731@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
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In article <1991May29.222408.27731@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, Gun control is a firm grip writes:

> Recently I had to add a section of ~20 lines to my mountlist and wanted an 
> easy way of doing it <other than typing it all in> but I didnt know if a
> "Cat" command existed on my WB disk <1.3> and where I could find one. I 
> ended up sending it to my unix account and typing 
> cat <file1> <file2> > <newfile>

	The command you're looking for here is 'Join' under AmigaDOS. The syntax
is 'Join filename filename filename... as filename. You can also append an
file to an existing file with 'Type' and redirection arrows, as in 
'Type >>OldFile NewFile'.

> anyway, I got FFS up and running on my 500 for no real reason other to have
> something else to play with and when I type "info" it says on my FF1: disk
> <its FFS formatted> "876 K free". I thought FFS allowed for MORE memory
> <4%> to be stored on floppies?

	This is correct. the 876K free is higher than the 837K free you have
with an OFS formatted disk. Remmeber that two blocks are reserved for boot
code, one more for the root header and one more for the BAM. Each file also
takes at least one block for the file header.

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