Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/12/22:33:08
On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> > I'm still not entirely sure what you mean here. I'll explain
> > MOUNT a little better and you tell me if it is similar to what
> > you mean.
> >
> > Make a directory for mounting the disk on
> > C:\> MD SOMEDISK
>
> Which INTEND bypasses, it doesn't require the dir entry to really exist on
> the hard drive, it's faked all the way, never exists except in your mind
> as the computer's memory. Unless you think this might cause a problem.
Yes, because there could be a directory named SOMEDISK allready
with files in it. If you INTEND it, then the directory will be
blotted out of the filesystem until you UNINTEND it.
> > Mount the disk
> > C:\> MOUNT A: C:\SOMEDISK
> > Access the files from the disk
> > C:\> DIR SOMEDISK
> > Unmount the disk when not needed anymore
> > C:\> UMOUNT \SOMEDISK
> > Remove the disk
> >
> > Yeah, I'm going to try that out, but first I've got to read 1000
> > manpages. :o)
>
> {
> char destination[] = "mike harris";
> email(asprin(destination),UL)
> }
Thanks.
> > > COPY *.* TAPE:\volumename\*.* /AA-
> > > How easy this would make backups! Could even throw in /S to search all
> > Sounds good!
>
> Do you think if we used a virtual ostrich feather we could tickle Caldera
> hard enough to release the sources? ;)
They wouldn't be very useful as-is. Let's use that feather on
Gene instead. :o) Hey Gene, why don't you bug Caldera to hire
some assistants to help you out? We'll pay for them. :o)
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