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RE: [OT] MSDOS strange bug

• Posted by Brian Broker <bkb at cnw.com> Sep 08, 2004
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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