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From: roy@medstar.UUCP (Roy Talledo)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: xenix doscp cmd
Message-ID: <200@medstar.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Sep-85 17:00:59 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  9 17:00:59 1985
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> Has anyone out there successfully used the xenix command doscp
> to copy xenix files to a dos diskette?  Is there something magical,
> or is this a feature without function, or am I just having a long
> string of bad luck trying various options.


Yes!  I do that all of the time because I move files between Xenix and DOS
almost every day.  The command format that I use is:

	doscp filename /dev/fd048ds9

I can even read the diskette on an XT.  I use a standard DS/DD diskette 
formatted under DOS 3.1.  Never had any problems...

Roy

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Roy A. Talledo

Medical Systems Technology & Research (MedSTAR)
Atlanta, GA
 
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