Mail Archives: opendos/2003/09/27/20:52:11
On 27 Sep 2003 at 18:58, Lindner-Thalmaessing AT t-
online wrote:
> Hello DOS community,
>
> I am a blind DOS user still working with the ancient MS-DOS 4.22, German
> version. (Reason: I was 58 when I got blind, use speech output; Jaws for
> Windows is too expensive for me).
>
> Reading all the mail traffic to above subject, I wonder if perhaps the
> German version 4.22 really could be different from the English vs,
> especially concerning COPY, MOVE or XCOPY commands???
This is the first *I* have ever heard of a version
4.22. The only 4.x versions I'd ever heard of before
were 4.00, which was a major disaster and 4.01 which
fixed the bugs that made 4.00 the disaster.
Would you be so kind as to type VER at a DOS prompt
and posted what it returns, along with a
translation?
Note that Move and Xcoy are not commands in most
versions of DOS. The are utility programs.
> Q 1: Is there no environment variable named COPYCMD in other 4.22-vs?
As I noted, there isn't any other 4.22 that I've
ever heard of.
And there's no COPYCMD in the docs I've looked thru.
> Q 2: How differs the command line syntax of XCOPY in other than German vs?
>
> Here is the (translated) command line syntax of the German vs of 4.22:
>
> XCOPY <source> <target> [/Y|/-Y] [/A|/M] [/D:Date] [/P] [/S] [/E] [/V] [/W]
>
> To enable or disable overwriting, the params /Y or /-Y are used,
> where /-Y in case of identical filenames leads to the system's question
> "... overwrite ...?", otherwise always is overwritten.
Well, here's the xcopy for Windows 98:
[NetWare] c:\4dos602>xcopy /?
Copies files and directory trees.
XCOPY source [destination] [/A | /M] [/D[:date]]
[/P] [/S [/E]] [/W]
[/C] [/I] [/Q] [/F] [/L]
[/H] [/R] [/T] [/U]
[/K] [/N]
source Specifies the file(s) to copy.
destination Specifies the location and/or name of
new files.
/A Copies files with the archive
attribute set,
doesn't change the attribute.
/M Copies files with the archive
attribute set,
turns off the archive attribute.
/D:date Copies files changed on or after the
specified date.
If no date is given, copies only those
files whose
source time is newer than the
destination time.
/P Prompts you before creating each
destination file.
/S Copies directories and subdirectories
except empty ones.
/E Copies directories and subdirectories,
including empty ones.
Same as /S /E. May be used to modify
/T.
/W Prompts you to press a key before
copying.
/C Continues copying even if errors
occur.
/I If destination does not exist and
copying more than one file,
assumes that destination must be a
directory.
/Q Does not display file names while
copying.
/F Displays full source and destination
file names while copying.
/L Displays files that would be copied.
/H Copies hidden and system files also.
/R Overwrites read-only files.
/T Creates directory structure, but does
not copy files. Does not
include empty directories or
subdirectories. /T /E includes
empty directories and subdirectories.
/U Updates the files that already exist
in destination.
/K Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will
reset read-only attributes.
/Y Overwrites existing files without
prompting.
/-Y Prompts you before overwriting
existing files.
/N Copy using the generated short names.
Here it is for DR-DOS 6.0
XCOPY R1.53 Extended file copy
Copyright (c) 1987,1996 Caldera, Inc. All rights
reserved.
XCOPY [/Help] [@][d:][path][filename[.ext]]
[d:][path][filename[.ext]] [opts]
The first file specification is the drive, path and
name of file(s) to be
copied (wildcard filenames allowed). This
specification must be present.
Use '@' to specify that the given file contains a
list of files to be copied.
The second file specification is the destination
drive and path to which files
will be copied. Files will be renamed if a
destination filename is specified.
/A only copy files with the archive attribute
/D the destination specifies a directory
/D:mm-dd-yy only copy files modified since
specified date
/E allow empty subdirectories to be created
/F the destination specifies a file
/H copy files with hidden or system
attributes
/K preserve archive and read-only attributes
/L copy the disk volume label as well as
specified files
/M only copy files with the archive
attribute, reset the attribute
/P prompt before copying each file
/R overwrite read-only files
/S copy files in subdirectories
/V verify that data is written correctly
/W wait for disks to be changed
And for the DOS in OS/2 Warp 4.50:
Use the XCOPY command to selectively copy groups of
files.
Syntax: XCOPY [drive:][path] filename [drive:][path]
filename [/D:date]
[/S][/E][/P][/V][/A or
/M][/H][/T][/R][/O][/F]
where:
drive:\path\filename Specifies the location of
the file to copy.
drive:\path\filename Specifies the target
destination and file name.
/D:date Copies files changed on or
after the specified date.
/S Copies non-empty directories
and subdirectories.
/E When used with /S, includes
empty directories.
/P Prompts you before
performing a copy.
/V Verifies files copied to
disk correctly.
/A Copies archived files only,
but does not turn
off the attribute bit of the
source file.
/M Copies archived files only
and turns off the
attribute bit of the source
file.
/H Copies hidden files and
attributes to the destination.
/T Copies system files and
attributes to the destination.
/R Copies read-only files and
attributes to the
destination.
/O Specifies that any files in
the
destination can be
overwritten by the copy
operation.
/F Causes XCOPY to fail if the
file to be copied
contains extended attributes
that are not
supported by the destination
file system.
And DR-DOS 7.03
XCOPY R1.53 Extended file copy
Copyright (c) 1987,1996 Caldera, Inc. All rights
reserved.
XCOPY [/Help] [@][d:][path][filename[.ext]]
[d:][path][filename[.ext]] [opts]
The first file specification is the drive, path and
name of file(s) to be
copied (wildcard filenames allowed). This
specification must be present.
Use '@' to specify that the given file contains a
list of files to be copied.
The second file specification is the destination
drive and path to which files
will be copied. Files will be renamed if a
destination filename is specified.
/A only copy files with the archive attribute
/D the destination specifies a directory
/D:mm-dd-yy only copy files modified since
specified date
/E allow empty subdirectories to be created
/F the destination specifies a file
/H copy files with hidden or system
attributes
/K preserve archive and read-only attributes
/L copy the disk volume label as well as
specified files
/M only copy files with the archive
attribute, reset the attribute
/P prompt before copying each file
/R overwrite read-only files
/S copy files in subdirectories
/V verify that data is written correctly
/W wait for disks to be changed
--
Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at krypton dot rain dot com
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