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Subject: Re: Truncating MS-DOS files
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Date: Tue, 17-Feb-87 02:42:34 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 17 02:42:34 1987
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Reply-To: tenney@well.UUCP (Glenn S. Tenney)
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In article <3105@gitpyr.gatech.EDU> roy@gitpyr.gatech.EDU (Roy Mongiovi) writes:
> ...
>I know what RTFM means, and I consider it rude, especially when it involves
>something as (apparently) obscurely documented as this "feature" of MS-DOS.

No rudeness intended, just the shortest, easiest way to say it is in
the manual (the version I have).

> ...
>Perhaps you could give us some clue about WHERE you saw it stated, instead
>of simply yelling at us for being so ignorant as to overlook the
>documentation.  Thanks for your time.

IBM PCDOS 2.00 manual #6936752 January 1983, first edition, page D-29

Glenn Tenney