Date   : Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:22:33 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: Sometimes I feel really stupid

me@... wrote:

> * You can move files from one folder to another on ADFS by *RENAMEing  
> it into a new path.

That's useful to know, if I'm working with just a Beeb.


> * You need to put a colon after *I AM to hide your logon password on  
> Econet.

Didn't one of the later versions of (D)NFS do this automatically if you 
didn't enter a password, like:
   *I Am Rick
and the machine would prompt:
   :
and not show the input?


> * That you can do "*DIR ^" to go up a folder.

Yup, use that quite a lot in RISC OS. I think my ArcBBS setup (ab)used 
it the most!


> Pretty basic huh? I felt so stupid.

Hey, I can't crochet - mom's a whizz.
I don't have a driving licence.
I know practically diddly-squat about Unix (religious issue involving 
the losingness of case-sensitive filenames in a 21st century OS - don't 
ask...)

What is one man's "pretty basic" could easily be another man's "whoa, 
dude!".


> How do you copy a file across filesystems?

Honestly? On a Beeb it is painful, you've noticed.
This is why I tend to keep most of my Beeb stuff on the FileStore. I can 
access it with a RISC OS machine and set up all the files draggy-droppy 
ready for the Beeb.


Best wishes,

Rick.

-- 
Rick Murray, eeePC901 & ADSL WiFI'd into it, all ETLAs!
BBC B: DNFS, 2 x 5.25" floppies, EPROM prog, Acorn TTX
E01S FileStore, A3000/A5000/RiscPC/various PCs/blahblah...