Re: XCOPY in the background ?

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From: Jeff Urlwin
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:59

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In article <1993Jan22.110539.20680@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> loescher@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Stephan Loescher) writes:
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>In article <1jn040INN95i@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU>, villalj@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (John Villalovos) writes:
>|> In article <1993Jan21.141821.13561@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> loescher@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Stephan Loescher) writes:
>|> >I'm looking for a possibility to run XCOPY, COPY, MOVE, or other DOS-programs
>|> >in the background (multitasking), so I can work in the foreground with another
>|> >program. (like in UNIX: 'command &' runs 'command' in the background)
>|> >I would prefer a unit or program in Pascal or a already compiled program.
>|> 
>|> Get OS/2.
>|> 
>|> Later,
>|> John
>|> -- 
>|> John Villalovos
>|> Certified Netware Engineer
>|> villalj@xanth.cs.orst.edu
>|> (503) 753-7883
>
>I do not have enough RAM ! (only 4 Megs)
>And I don't want to buy more!

You will find that OS/2 2.1  will run on a 4 meg machine fairly well.  If
you're serious, monitor comp.os.os2.misc or contact me...I'll point you to
someone who's running it in 4MB.

Jeff


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Subject: Re: XCOPY in the background ?
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