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Article #6415Re: MS-DOS "copy"
From: John Kirkpatrick
Date: Sat, 03 May 1986 02:22
Date: Sat, 03 May 1986 02:22
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In article <233@drutx.UUCP>, dsc@drutx.UUCP (DavisCS) writes: > > My pc is configured with a floppy (a:) and a hard disk (c:). Frequently > I need to copy files SELECTIVELY from one floppy to another. The > procedure I use is to first copy them from drive (a) to (c) and then > from drive (c) to the "new floppy" in drive (a). > > Seems like there should be a variation of "copy" that will move the > files from drive (a) into a memory buffer until full, prompt me to > insert the "copy to" diskette, write out the buffer, and so on till > done. > Seems to me that with this configuration, you should be able to type copy a:filename b: to get the job done. DOS treats the one floppy drive as both a: and b: and will prompt you to change diskettes when it needs to write to the other drive. Hope this helps.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!philabs!micomvax!musocs!john From: john@musocs.UUCP (John Kirkpatrick) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: MS-DOS "copy" Message-ID: <514@musocs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 2-May-86 22:22:20 EDT Article-I.D.: musocs.514 Posted: Fri May 2 22:22:20 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 4-May-86 09:59:50 EDT References: <233@drutx.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: McGill University, Montreal CANADA Lines: 23 Summary: copy a:filename b: should work.