> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 06:03:37 -0500 > From: "kurt godel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Here's a dumb question about the 'xcopy ' command: I have a source directory > called 's', and a destination > directory called 'd'; Both of them are in the same directory, say 'c'. If I > do: cd d, then xcopy s /s /e, I get a > "cyclic error"; but if I am more explicit and use(again from inside 'd'): > xcopy c:\s /s /e, then it works perfectly. > Is this a quirk of the 'xcopy' version in FreeDos, or do they all do it? I > mean if it's cyclic in the one case, > it should be so in the other? kurt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
Kurt, while I don't know about the particular quirks in the FD version of xcopy, I do know that it's always best to specify both the source and destination in your command line whether it's the xcopy from MS-DOS, PC-DOS, DR-DOS, FreeDOS, or the xxcopy utility. Even if the destination is just specified as "." (current directory", you're more likely to get the results every time. Just a good practice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
