[comp.sys.ibm.pc] +dir or +copy

srudolf@gopnbg.gopas.sub.org (Stefan Schleifer) (01/12/90)

Hi u out there.

Has anyone tried before the "+"-DOS commands and can tell me about them?
What i mean is: (Examples...)
+md   creates a sub-dir called d
+ md  creates a sub-dir called md
+copy   tries to copy the file Y
+ copy  tries to copy the file PY
+  copy tries to copy the file OPY

That works fine with every DOS-command on all DOS-Versions since 2.11 i tried
with...

This is usefull for creating a tmp-sub dir that u only wish to use once and
which u delete later...:
type +md   create "D"
type +cd   change to it....
type cd .. to leave it...
type +rd   to remove it.

Ok, my question is: Does that only happen on MY DOS-Version(s)?
What is this originally thougt for? ;-)

Have a nice day
Stefan

 ...for this is my 1st international posting, i hope i did well... ;-)

.gnut@prassl.gopas.sub.org....Stefan Schleifer....+49 911 9933777...W-Germany.

Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (01/14/90)

In article <5665@gopnbg.UUCP>, srudolf@gopnbg.gopas.sub.org (Stefan Schleifer) wrote:
}Hi u out there.
}
}Has anyone tried before the "+"-DOS commands and can tell me about them?
}What i mean is: (Examples...)
}+md   creates a sub-dir called d
} [etc]
}
}Ok, my question is: Does that only happen on MY DOS-Version(s)?
}What is this originally thougt for? ;-)

I believe that this is a bug (it is present in MSDOS 3.3 COMMAND.COM but not
4DOS).

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bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) (01/15/90)

<5665@gopnbg.UUCP>, srudolf@gopnbg.gopas.sub.org (Stefan Schleifer) :
-}Has anyone tried before the "+"-DOS commands and can tell me about them?
-} [etc]

Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU <25b07b18@ralf> :
-I believe that this is a bug (it is present in MSDOS 3.3 COMMAND.COM but not
-4DOS).


I'm sure Microsoft will be thrilled to learn that MS-DOS behavior is
being judged in terms of conformance to 4DOS, especially after years of
being judged only in unprintable terms :-)