Subj : Re: Merging files...
To   : Laurent Jumet
From : Geoff May
Date : Wed Nov 28 2001 05:08 am

From: "Geoff May" <Geoff.May@doka.de>

"Laurent Jumet" <1st_NAME.Lst_NAME@advalvas.be> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:GED3C03B605@1st_NAME.Lst_NAME.advalvas.be...
> Hello !
>     I had a big problem I couldn't find out...:-)
>
>     I wanted to merge files, let's say file01.txt file02.txt
.....file10.txt
> in one only file bigfile.txt
>
>     Best way is
>
> COPY /B *.txt bigfile.txt
>
>     Providing the destination is not a directory, all files are appended.
>
>     But...:-)
>     This command doesn't sort the files; they are merged according to
their
> order on the HardDisk, and 04 comes first, next is 10, next 01, and so on.
>
>     I didn't find a convenient way to make that merging operation; how
> would you do yourself?
>
> Laurent Jumet - Point de Chat, LiŠge, BELGIUM
>       KeyID: 0xCFAF704C
>              [Restore address to laurent.jumet for e-mail reply.]

Under 4NT, you can use COPY MEMO1+MEMO2+MEMO3 BIGMEMO and I presume that works 
on 4DOS too. Check the on-line help under COPY.

MfG

Geoff.

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