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Article #597Re: Problem copying .ini files in ms-dos! Please help.
From: Provider
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 00:00
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Try running the bat file from the Hard disk. Copy the batch file to the hard disk then invoke that batch file. -- Provider WEBSITE : http://surf.to/ganesh --rEmEmbEr !@!@!----------- You never know what happens next, tomorrow or in the future. Trust this "You never know". ----------------------------------------- <noTe: If I didn't quote, it means my Singnet ISP didn't allow> orange <s0800043@singnet.com.sg> wrote in message news:7pd6he$md0$1@newton.pacific.net.sg... > okay guys, i've tried the advice you guys gave, but there seems to be a > problem. okay, what I have now in my autoexec.bat is this: > > @echo off > copy *.dat c:\progra~1\networ~1\mcafee~1 /y > echo Insert disk 2 > Pause > autoexec.bat > > > the copying of the .dat files for disk 1 go smoothly, and it prompts me to > insert disk 2 and says 'Press any key to continue....' > So i insert my disk 2 and press the enter key and it just reads it for > awhile but there's no copying. (the autoexec.bat in disk 2 has only one > copyblahblah command.) > > (in disk 2, i have only two files. one autoexec.bat and one scan.dat, i > renamed the autoexec.bat file in disk 2 to disk.bat, and changed the last > sentence (of autoexec.bat to disk.bat but it didn't work as well) > > I tried this next, > > @echo off > copy *.dat c:\progra~1\networ~1\mcafee~1 /y > echo Insert disk 2 > Pause > copy *.dat c:\progra~1\networ~1\mcafee~1 /y > > and it still didn't work. same problem as above. > > I haven't got to try the .ini advice you guys gave as this problem hasn't > been solved yet. Would appreciate it if you guys could give me some advice. > > Cheers, > Eugene. > > > Bill Watt Sr. <bwatt@epix.net> wrote in message > news:37b9ee86.182111@news1.epix.net... > > 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/ > > > > > > > >
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