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Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2003 18:27:06 -0700
Subject:	Re: confirm before over-write
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On 23 Sep 2003 at 18:46, DONALD PEDDER wrote:

>    As much as I hate to admit it, MS-DOS has one advantage over DR-DOS -
> confirm before over-write (for example, with xcopy). I looked into it last
> night, and can't find a way to turn it on. IS there a way to turn it on?
> Even the help says that no-confirm is the default, so it looks to me like
> it's part of the kernel. I really don't like that I have to check whether
> I already have a filename of a certain name before using the command. I
> should be able to just type it in and have the system tell me I already
> have that filename in existence.

What command do you want the confirm *with*?

Replace?
Copy?
Xcopy?

Replace and xcopy are programs that come with the 
OS. Copy is internal.

Me, I use 4dos for a command processor instead of 
command.com, so I can just set options by way of an 
alias.

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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at krypton dot rain dot com

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