1. RE: [OT] MSDOS strange bug
Ricardo M. Forno wrote:
>
>
> Hi, all
> Please open a MSDOS window under W98 SE, create a directory A with some
> files, another B with some others, go to directory A and type:
>
> copy *.+ C:\B
>
> and see what happens.
> Strange, uh?
> I haven't tested it yet with other MSDOS variants.
> Regards
>
So what do you expect to happen with that command? And what actually
happens on Win98SE? That syntax doesn't look right to me. Typically
the + is used to separate files that you'd like to combine. Or perhaps
you are trying to copy the files to B using the current time and date?
Unclear...
-- Brian
2. RE: [OT] MSDOS strange bug
copy C:\A\*.* C:\B\ is the proper syntax.
3. RE: [OT] MSDOS strange bug
OK, I was not clear enough.
I wanted only to copy all files from a directory to another, but I made a
typo, and got a very unexpected result: the "destination" directory
contentes were copied to the "originating" directory.
Regards.
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Broker <bkb at cnw.com>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 3:56 PM
Subject: RE: [OT] MSDOS strange bug
>
>
> Ricardo M. Forno wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi, all
> > Please open a MSDOS window under W98 SE, create a directory A with some
> > files, another B with some others, go to directory A and type:
> >
> > copy *.+ C:\B
> >
> > and see what happens.
> > Strange, uh?
> > I haven't tested it yet with other MSDOS variants.
> > Regards
> >
>
> So what do you expect to happen with that command? And what actually
> happens on Win98SE? That syntax doesn't look right to me. Typically
> the + is used to separate files that you'd like to combine. Or perhaps
> you are trying to copy the files to B using the current time and date?
> Unclear...
>
> -- Brian
>
>
>
>
4. RE: [OT] MSDOS strange bug
Of course. I wanted that, but I made a typo, with the result that the copy
was somehow reversed.
Regards.
----- Original Message -----
From: Hayden McKay <guest at RapidEuphoria.com>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 12:05 AM
Subject: RE: [OT] MSDOS strange bug
>
>
> posted by: Hayden McKay <hmck1 at dodo.com.au>
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> copy C:\A\*.* C:\B\ is the proper syntax.
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