Subj : Re: Merging files... To : Steve From : Laurent Jumet Date : Thu Dec 06 2001 08:59 am From: 1st_NAME.Lst_NAME@advalvas.be (Laurent Jumet) Hello ! "E. S. (Steve) Fabian" wrote: >> bigfile.bin EF> DIR /B *.bin | FOR %i IN (@CON) DO copy /B bigfile.bin+%i EF> You do not ned the "echos" before the redirection sign to create an EF> empty file... EF> You could also create it with EF> TOUCH /C BIGFILE.BIN Answer is this: 4DOS 5,52A (Win95) DOS 7,10 4DOS Revision A (62) DOS Revision A TOUCH came in next version of 4dos I didn't upgrade because my needs were matched with 5.52, and newer versions do not correctly detect free space on StackerDrive, because Rex dropped the support for what it calls "that old software"...:-) 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) .