dsc@drutx.UUCP (DavisCS) (05/06/86)
Thanks to the folks who replied to my question. Briefly it was: Given a pc configured with a floppy drive (a:) and a hard disk drive (c:), how can I selectively copy files from one floppy to another w/o routing them via the hard disk? Answer: Use the command "copy a:filename b:" where "filename" matches one or more files you want to transfer. Even though there is no physical (b:) drive, there is a logical one. Drive (a:) serves as both. You are prompted to insert the diskette for drive a: or b: at the appropriate times. You will have to exchange diskettes at least once for each file copied. Appears that at most 64k of a file can be read into memory before a write is required, thus sometimes more than one exchange is required. As expected, the "a:" or "b:" can be omitted if you have made one of them your default drive. Scott Davis ...ihnp4!drutx!dsc