Date   : Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:07:08 +0100
From   : michael.firth@... (michael.firth@...)
Subject: Sometimes I feel really stupid

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> Subject: [BBC-Micro] Sometimes I feel really stupid
> 
> 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?
> 
If you're using a Master, *MOVE -ADFS-file1 -NET-file2 will copy a file from
ADFS to NET, renaming it as it goes. You can substitute any supported 'temporary'
file systems (i.e. ones which implement -name- operation)

On a B/B+, you need either a BASIC utility like CopyFiles, or something a
utility ROM like ADT to give you a command similar to *MOVE (ADT's is *XFER,
which works but has a slightly odd syntax)

Regards

Michael