Try using mcopy and mdel like this: mcopy a:'*' . mdel a:'*' .
It looks like mtools need both the source and destination, a simple "mcopy a:" is not enough. The single quotes let * pass all the way to mtools programs which then do the file name expansion. Johnny Stevenson wrote: > > Hello, > > After upgrading to Debian 1.3.1, I am now having a problem using some > of the mtools operations. The command 'mdir' works but 'mcopy a:' and > 'mdel a:' produce the following error: > > This command cannot operate on "." or ".." > > Does anyone have any suggestions, appart from mounting/unmounting the > drive for each floppy (which is a bit of a pain as I still use alot of > floppies to move info around). // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
