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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga to Mac?
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Date: 20 Apr 89 14:31:06 GMT
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In <5151@cs.Buffalo.EDU>, ugkamins@sunybcs.uucp (John Kaminski) writes:
>      Careful!!!  AmigaDOS CLI and shell aren't quite like Bourne
>      or csh or *sh -- they require all redirection to be specified
>      immediately after the command name, i.e., type >ser: myfile.
>      Besides, what is wrong with good ole copy myfile ser: ????

The problem with 'copy myfile ser:' is that SER: is buffered. 'copy myfile
AUX:' would be a better choice.

-larry

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