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Article #7237Re: DOS 5.0 New functions
From: Gordon Shephard
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1991 05:13
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1991 05:13
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In <1991Jun21.010929.10222@csc.canberra.edu.au> act@softserver.canberra.edu.au (Andrew Turner) writes: >fn 56h Rename files will now permit renaming directories. It shuffles the >dir name space on the disk to fit longer/shorter names in. Sigh. And on Page 120 of the MS-Dos 4.0 User's Guide and Reference: "The rename command, which you use to rename file, cannot be used to rename directories. Instead, you use a combination of the xcopy, del, and rd commands to rename a directory." An example of one comitte not talking to another? -- | Gordon Harry Shephard | Distributed Computing Support Group | | Academic Computing Services | Phone: (604)291-3930 (604)464-4991 | | Simon Fraser University | USERGHS@SFU.BITNET | | Burnaby, BC, Canada. V5A 1S6 | Shephard@Whistler.sfu.ca |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!lll-winken!aunro!alberta!ubc-cs!newsserver.sfu.ca!shephard From: shephard@newsserver.sfu.ca (Gordon Shephard) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: DOS 5.0 New functions Message-ID: <1991Jun22.051347.19165@newsserver.sfu.ca> Date: 22 Jun 91 05:13:47 GMT References: <3o2s411w164w@toy.uucp> <1991Jun21.010929.10222@csc.canberra.edu.au> Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada Lines: 18