OK! It seems like more than one of you are suggesting I substitute something for the "a". I guess if I can see it then cp is the better route. If it works it shows some of our instructors need to go back to school or something. culatr2da = see you later today See I can get cryptic also:>)
On 21 Jan 2005 at 18:08, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Handy explanation and it makes sense. I found out my problem is still > >getting the file from either the floppy or the windows side of this beast. > > Maybe when I get it into linux, then I can gunzip it and proceed. I just > >can't make mcopy work. In my home directory I can look to windows to temp > >to the file. I can find it but not copy it to linux. I have been in > >computers since radio shack came out with it's first 4k system for the > >public. It's frustating that I can't even copy a file from one location > >to another. > > > > > > > Well, mcopy is for copying files from an unmounted DOS/Windows floppy, > and not a general copy program. If you can see the file from Linux, then > you can use the "cp" command to do it. (It is like the DOS copy > command.) If the file is in /mnt/windows/temp/ then try this: > > cp /mnt/windows/temp/scanmodem.gz scanmodem.gz > > This will copy scanmodem to the current directory. Or, if you are a > Norton Commander fan, you can try Midnight Commander. It is started with > the command "mc". (Without the "s.) > > You may find this a handy reference. > DOS Linux > ==================== > dir ls > copy cp > attrib chmod > del rm > cd cd > > Just remember, case does matter in Linux, but does not in DOS. > > Let me know how it goes. > > Mikkel > > PS - I started playing with computers before Radio Shack started selling > them. > > >
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