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Article #6429Re: MS-DOS "copy"
From: John R. Levine
Date: Wed, 07 May 1986 03:14
Date: Wed, 07 May 1986 03:14
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In article <233@drutx.UUCP> dsc@drutx.UUCP (DavisCS) writes:
>Have I overlooked something obvious???
>
>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).
It's easy to do what you want, though perhaps not obvious. All MS-DOS
machines have two diskette drives, even when they don't. If they don't, the
one real drive is time-shared between A: and B:. That means that to copy
a file from one floppy to another, merely type:
copy a:file.ext b:
and it will copy the file, prompting you to put in the A: disk and then the
B: disk. Copy reads big chunks so usually one disk swap per file is enough.
--
John R. Levine, Javelin Software Corp., Cambridge MA +1 617 494 1400
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ima.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!decvax!ima!johnl From: johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: MS-DOS "copy" Message-ID: <113@ima.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-May-86 23:14:36 EDT Article-I.D.: ima.113 Posted: Tue May 6 23:14:36 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 7-May-86 21:12:40 EDT References: <233@drutx.UUCP> Reply-To: johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine) Distribution: na Organization: Javelin Software Corporation Lines: 22 Summary: copy from floppy to floopy using pseudo-drive B: