Subj : Re: Merging files... To : Martin Whittaker From : Laurent Jumet Date : Thu Dec 06 2001 06:23 am From: 1st_NAME.Lst_NAME@advalvas.be (Laurent Jumet) Hello ! "Martin Whittaker" wrote: MW> Laurent, your example does not work in Win98SE DOS window. What OS are MW> you using? >> dir /B *.bin | for %i IN (@CON) DO copy /B bigfile.bin+%i This is only because BIGFILE.BIN must previously exist before the loops begin. So, this MERGE.BTM works on my system, and on yours too: ECHOS > bigfile.bin DIR /B *.bin | FOR %i IN (@CON) DO copy /B bigfile.bin+%i Laurent Jumet - Point de Chat, LiŠge, BELGIUM KeyID: 0xCFAF704C [Restore address to laurent.jumet for e-mail reply.] --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-2 * Origin: Mach2 Systems (1:342/3) .