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Copying Files
Name: Sinisa Date: July 25, 2000 at 17:11:49 Pacific
Comment:
Hi is there any commands in DOS that you can copy all files you have in one directory to anater directory? For example AUTOEXEC.BAT FDISK.COM LABEL.COM EDIT.COM How can i copy all this files at one time to anather dir or drive -- C:\ OR A:\ Thanks!!!!!!!!
Name: Igor M Date: July 25, 2000 at 21:03:25 Pacific
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You need to use wildcard (*.*) instead of file names. For example to copy all files from the root directory of C: drive to A: use the command
Copy C:\*.* A:
As a general rule you can use * instead of any symbol combination and ? instead of any single symbol. For example, a*.* mean all files begining with a and with any extention. Or a?.* mean all files which names begins with a letter and contain 2 symbols and with any extention.
Good luck, Igor
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Response Number 2
Name: Mick C Date: July 26, 2000 at 00:01:30 Pacific
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Or you can use a program like LapLink or FastLynx as a simple file manager. Highlight all your files and copy in one pass. Download FastLynx from my MS-DOS Resource Page at:
Name: mr o Date: July 26, 2000 at 03:09:49 Pacific
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why would you want to use laplink to copy files? surly list.com or something like that would be better, its like using a terminal program as a word processer! it isnt really designed for the job.
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Response Number 4
Name: Sinisa Date: July 28, 2000 at 17:51:15 Pacific
Summary: I would like to copy files from one folder to annother e.g. copy c:\mp3\*.mp3 c:\mp3copy but i would like to only copy ones with certain names e.g. copy c:\mp3\rolling*.mp3 c:\mp3copy but i want to be...
Summary: Hello! I need help on copying files on a floppy disk, I only have a floppy disks with only 1.38 mb( about 7 of them) but a file that I want to transfer is almost 5 mb. How can I transfer that file to ...
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