Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:46141 comp.sys.zenith:176 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!njin!limonce From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.zenith Subject: Re: Why differences between PRINT and COPY? Keywords: PRINT, COPY, binary files Message-ID: Date: 10 Mar 90 07:34:42 GMT References: <6182@blake.acs.washington.edu> Distribution: na Organization: Drew University/NJIN Lines: 19 PRINT doesn't handle binary files. I don't know if it adds or filters chars, but you don't get good results from using PRINT. COPY handles binary files, but it ends when it sees a CTRL-Z (to help out with CP/M compatibilities). I don't know how it knows that .EXE files that contain CTRL-Zs should be processed differently. COPY/B file.bin prn -- This command will do a binary copy and not stop when it sees a CTRL-Z. "Ours is not to reason why" (Of course, everyone forgets that the beginning of that quote is "Someone erred") -Tom -- Tom Limoncelli The computer industry should spend more time in front of tlimonce@drew.uucp their computers. Remember when "Look & Feel" tlimonce@drew.Bitnet was what you tried to do on a date? limonce@pilot.njin.net