Neil,
Finish the line:
c:\ds\dosstart
^^^^^^^^^
BATch file are just like you were typing them.
To copy *any* file, from the command line, type:
copy [d:][path]filename [d:][path][filename]
^source location^ ^destination name & location^
HTH
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona USA
Neil wrote:
. > Thanks for the replies. I gave it a try for loading to "Dosstart" but
. > the only could get it to come up to.."c:\ds"
. > Thats closer. Now all I needed was to type "dosstart" and I was there.
. > I will copy my autoexec.bat file and maybe that will shed some
. > light...which brings me to another question. For copying .txt files I
. > press F4 then ctl+k>b, ctl+k>k, ctl+k>c (here it shifts up a line) and I
. > never get to copy the whole thing....
. > Thanks-
. > Neil T
