I'll have to try this on msdos 6.22 and pcdos 7.1. I'm sure I used this command to transfer files from floppies to a harddrive directory. a:\*.* c:\new\*.*. It shouldn't make any difference if A: is changed to c: Its been awhile..
cheers DS On Tue, 12 Nov 2019 14:36:11 -0600 Jon Brase <jon.br...@gmail.com> writes: > copy on MS-DOS wasn't really meant for copying more than one file at > a time (which is why xcopy exists), and FreeDOS uses the same > command line syntax. Copy only accepts one destination file and > treats all other filenames on the command line as sources. Also, the > form new\*.* will expand to all the filenames *already in new*, if > any, so even if copy did take multiple destinations, throwing in > new\*.* for the destination would give you the results you expect > (it would overwrite existing files in new with copies of the source > files). > Long story short, Microsoft meant for you to use xcopy for what > you're trying to do back in the day, and FreeDOS is no different. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Dale E Sterner <sunbeam...@juno.com> > Date: 11/12/2019 10:38 (GMT-06:00) > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.2 move, copy & xcopy > > I tried to move post.mp4 - a 3.5.meg file. - got insufficient memory > error with move, copy & xcopy. The copy command sometimes > has trouble with wildcard "*". I tried copy *.* new\*.* It copied > only > one file then stopped,. xcopy worked. The edit command has limits > on size; had to use Wordperfect on one file. In 2015 Dennis talked > about using vedit but can't find a dos version. > In the new world large files are common. > > > cheers > DS ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ____________________________________________________________ Simple Trick Is Improving Men's Love Lives Med Journal http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5dcb1ca6abb31ca5577cst01duc
_______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
