Date   : Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:56:03 +0100
From   : samwise@... (samwise)
Subject: Sometimes I feel really stupid

CopyFiles?  I think Sprow has an updated version here:

http://www.sprow.co.uk/bbc/bbcbasic.htm

2009/9/16  <me@...>:
> One of the things I learned at Acorn World was that I know much less
> about the beeb than I thought I did.
>
> Things I learned included:
>
> * You can move files from one folder to another on ADFS by *RENAMEing
> it into a new path.
> * You need to put a colon after *I AM to hide your logon password on
> Econet.
> * That you can do "*DIR ^" to go up a folder.
>
> Pretty basic huh? I felt so stupid.
>
> But then I come home and realise that I'm still feeling pretty dumb.
> For example:
>
> How do you copy a file across filesystems? I've got access to a file
> on LANMAN (Sprow's ethernet SMB filing system), and I want to copy it
> to ADFS. I tried "TreeCopy" but it just said "Bad dir" and I have no
> idea why.
>
> Actually TreeCopy really should have worked, the fact that it didn't
> it mildly confusing, I really would quite like it to work. :P
>
> Anyway, so, what's the accepted way to copy a single file from one
> filing system to another?
>
> --
> David Glover
> http://www.davidglover.org/
>
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