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From: "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have AT nowhere DOT cmm>
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Subject: Re: How to copy a file?
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:34:15 -0400
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"MikeC" <My_address AT end DOT of DOT post> wrote in message
news:fEuLi.16417$HW DOT 10333 AT newsfe3-gui DOT ntli DOT net...
> How did you know that xcopy is an embedded command, and that copy is not?
>

IIRC, the versions of DOS before Windows 98 had a command, perhaps HELP,
which displayed information about the internal command.com commands.

> Where do I find this kind of information?

The easiest way is to clear the path variable and see if the command still
works:

C:\set path=

C:\copy/?
 (copy information screen appears here...)

C:\xcopy/?
Bad command or file name


Rod Pemberton