----- Original Message ----- From: "Howdy-Tzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > does exactly the same thing as the 'nix command. So yeah, '>>' is the > redirect character to use. '>' works on 'nix too, and may under DOS as > well; but the C/C++ redirector is probably just a little bit more > standard, so it's the one I would use. it's certainly less ambiguous > than 'greater than'.
No, there is a difference. > is the "standard" redirect operator in DOS, and overwrites the specified file. >> appends data, rather than overwriting the file. I've never encountered >> in DOS before Mark mentioned it, so I don't know if it works with old versions, but I do know that > goes right back to version 1 (I was using it in version DOS 3.3 anyway). JFTR, DOS is modelled on CP/M not *nix. - Robert [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
