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Chapter 6 / Command Reference
COPY/APPEND
Internal
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COpy target pathname
+
source pathnamel
[+
source pathname2 .. , ]
[IA]
[lB]
[IV]
Adds one or more files to the end of another existing file. The
files are added in the order in which you list them. When you
append files, the original source files still exist separately. The
information from them is copied, not moved.
Parameters
target pathname is the file to receive the appendages named in
the source pathnames.
source pathname is the file(s) that will be added or appended to
target pathname.
IA
tells MS-DOS to treat the file as an ASCII file when used
with the source file. MS-DOS copies only the information up to
the first EOF character.
IA when used with the target file, tells MS-DOS to add an EOF
character to the end of the file.
IB tells MS-DOS to treat the file as a binary file, such as a pro-
gram file when used with the source file. Therefore, MS-DOS
copies the entire file. When used with the target file this param-
eter tells MS-DOS not to add an EOF character to the end of the
file.
Each of these switches (fA and IB) affects the file immediately
preceding it in the command line and all files following, until
another I A or IE is encountered.
For example, if you type this:
copy oneflle.txt la
+
myfile.txt
+
samfile.txt
I
ENTER
I
the IA parameter affects all three files. However, if you type
this:
copy onefile.txt la
+
myfile.txt Ib
+
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am f lIe . txt
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ENTER
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the IA parameter affects only the target file, Onefile.txt.
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