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From: joe@pnet51.cts.com (Jim Henderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re:  Combining files (was Re:  Unix-like cat for MS-DOS)
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Date: 13 Aug 89 04:05:05 GMT
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When using the copy command, it usually is reccommended that you use the /b
switch when dealing with binary files.  Thus the format would be:
 
    COPY /b file1 + file2 + file3 file4

What this does is treat end-of-file characters as a normal character.  If you
are doing ASCII text, then use the /a switch, as this strips the EOF
character.

   Jim Henderson, joe@pnet51.cts.com
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