Subj : Re: MS XCOPY v 4DOS internal COPY To : CBFalconer From : Outsider Date : Sat Feb 02 2002 05:22 pm From: Outsider@f3.n342.z1.cereal.mv.com (Outsider) Subject: Re: MS XCOPY v 4DOS internal COPY From: Outsider CBFalconer wrote: > ....snipped > Outsider wrote: > > As I understand it, xcopy should be faster with larger files (>64K). > > But is xcopy allowed in 4DOS? It probably sounds like a stupid > > question, but when I previously gave an outline for a batch using > > xcopy, someone sent me an email saying it was not a 4DOS solution. > > So now I am a little in doubt. Is there a problem with using xcopy > > in 4DOS? > > Of course there isn't. It is just another external utility. What > it won't do is automatically copy over associated file > descriptions, which is harmless. Smarter utilities may copy > descriptions, IIRC xxcopy does. Another minor nuisance will be > that newly created directories won't be in the jpindex file. But > many things don't do that, so you need to rebuild the index > periodically anyhow. Until then a bland "cd newdir" will only > work from the parent dir, as with COMMAND.COM as the shell. So > you lose nothing. Ok. Thanks! :) -- MS-DOS 6.22, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Netscape Communicator 4.08 "The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom." -- |Fidonet: Outsider 1:342/3 | | Origin: The Cereal Port BBS (603)899-3335 199.125.78.133 (1:132/152) --- # Origin: (1:132/152.4) * Origin: Baddog BBS (1:218/903) .