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From: acphssrw@csuna.UUCP (News Manager)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: multiple file copy using arp copy, how?
Message-ID: <1234@csuna.UUCP>
Date: 31 May 88 18:08:41 GMT
References: <336@vedge.UUCP>
Reply-To: acphssrw@csuna.UUCP (Stephen R. Walton)
Organization: California State University, Northridge
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In article <336@vedge.UUCP> lai@vedge.UUCP (David Lai) writes:
>Is there an equivalent to the unix 'cp'
>
>	cp file1 file2 f3 f4 x* dest_dir

AmigaDOS's wild cards are surprisingly powerful:

	copy x#?|file1|file2|f3|f4 to dest_dir

Unfortunately, the ARP Copy won't do this:  it only gets the first file.
The bug has been reported to the ARP people on BIX.  Also, even the
AmigaDOS Copy appears only to handle the wild-carded argument x#? if
it is the first one in the list.

Stephen Walton, representing myself		swalton@solar.stanford.edu
Cal State, Northridge				rckg01m@calstate.BITNET