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Re: XCOPY in the background ?

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From: John Villalovos
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:12
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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
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