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To append files if the file exist

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Name: Praveen
Date: October 4, 2005 at 11:23:36 Pacific
OS: windows 2000
CPU/Ram: 4 GB
Comment:

Hi All,
I have the following Batch script to append all the files into a single file.


cd C:\Simple\Test
type *.txt > C:\Result\Allfiles.txt
del *.txt

If the file Allfiles.txt already exists then it simple over writes the file. Can someone help me to make the changes so as to append to the existing file instead of over writing.

Thanks in advance,
Praveen




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Name: Zenith
Date: October 4, 2005 at 14:49:40 Pacific
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Reply:

Just add another > so you have >> like below will append the file.

cd C:\Simple\Test
type *.txt >> C:\Result\Allfiles.txt
del *.txt

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Response Number 2
Name: Praveen
Date: October 4, 2005 at 14:55:45 Pacific
+1
Reply:

Thanks Zenith,
It worked fine.

Regards,
Praveen



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