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Article #3978Re: minor problem with COPY command
From: Doug Dougherty
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 1990 19:52
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 1990 19:52
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swh@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com (Steve Harrold) writes: >>>> Has anyone patched command.com to *stay* in binary mode *all* the time? >---------- >Please don't. Else how will you concatenate ASCII files that each have >a Ctrl-Z at the end? Use an explicit /A switch, that's how. It boils down to which should be the default. For most people, living in the 90's, the default should be binary. The real solution is not to use the DOS copy command with anything other than plain vanilla syntax unless you give it an explicit mode switch.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!midway!valley From: valley@uchicago (Doug Dougherty) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: minor problem with COPY command Message-ID: <valley.661549967@gsbsun> Date: 18 Dec 90 19:52:47 GMT References: <31600012@hpcvra.cv.hp.com.CV.HP.COM> <51040003@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago Lines: 15