🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 12:53:53 +0800, "orange"
<s0800043@singnet.com.sg> wrote:

:Hi there,
:
:        I have an .ini files that I would like to copy over to 100+ other
:computers.
:So i made a boot disk that would boot up and run autoexec.bat and then copy
:some other .dat files over and then the .ini files.
:
:        But there seems to be a problem that I can't get to copy the .ini
:file over, unless I have Windows started. i.e When i get into windows, and
:enter ms-dos prompt, only then will it allow me to copy ovre the .ini files
:using xcopy32.
:i copied the xcopy32 over to the floppy, used the entire same command that
:was used in windows 98 but it wouldn't work. the option of being able to
:copy hidden files seem to have dissapeared once i copied xcopy32 into the
:floppy.
:Any ideas of how this can be solved?

Xcopy is a shortcut to Xcopy32, either one will work. Neither one
will copy hidden files in real dos, only in a Dos window.
As Provider suggested use the Pause command to switch disks.

Echo Insert disk 2
Pause

To use Xcopy32 from real dos to copy hidden files try this in your
*.bat file.

cd\windows
attrib -r -s -h win.ini (repeat for each file)

Then use Xcopy32

At the end use:

cd\windows 
attrib +r +s +h win.ini  (repeat for each file)

Xcopy or Xcopy32 don't do long file names in real dos.

Regards,
 
Bill Watt Sr.  bwatt@epix.net     http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/