On 2/7/06, Tim Churches <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 07:06, Michael Christie wrote: > >> Sorry the previous post should read " moves all the text files > >> (*.txt) from c:\test1 folder to c:\test2 folder." > >> You know what I mean! > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Gpcg_talk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > > > > Now, this is rusty indeed > > > > copy c:\test1\*.txt c:\test2\*.txt > > del c:\test1\*.txt > > The problem with the above is what happens if the copy fails (due to > lack of disc space)? The delete will still proceed. Then you have no > files anywhere... >
Another problem is that txt files may appear in c:\test1\ after the copy and before the delete... ! _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
