DeMoN LaG wrote: > > "Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], on 02 Dec 2001: > > >> 1. I remember you once stating that you have limited experience in > >> programing and as an example you mentioned that years ago you used > >> to edit autoexec.bat files for MS DOS. That was vey funny. > > > > I believe it was very limited. and the use of the Autoexec or > > config.sys files was to show how limited it was. > > That is not programming. That is editing a text file > > >> > >> 2. You have made comments about how to format a PC drive showing > >> your ignorance about FDISK vs. c:\format c: command. I am just > >> amazed about how a person can keep making erroneous comments like > >> this in a public setting. You even implied that a person using > >> that command could wipe a HD clean by mistake. It would have taken > >> quiote a few mistakes in a row before a complete reformat of a > >> drive could have happened. > > > > > > There "is" a difference between fdisk and Init (Intialize) > > there is no "Init" on a PC. In order to accidently FDISK a drive, you > must type: > fdisk > y (if on Win 95B or higher) > 3 > 1 > y > <volume label> > > If one were to accidently type all of that into FDISK, they deserve > their data lost. There is no Initialize on the PC. There is formating. > You can technically format a drive to about 80% and then cancel it and > not have a problem, as the drive's FAT is not written until the end, at > which point data is unrecoverable. > > > > >> > >> 3. Making erroneous comments about the use and meaning of /, \, > >> and | in *nix, and DOS-Win environment. > > > > Its been years since I've dealt with / and \ in Dos I know one is > > switch for Directory. > > the other is a switch for "system" command. > > \ is not a switch for a directory. \ is the directory seperator. c: > \winnt\system32. The \'s denote directories. / is a switch. most > programs you can type %name% /? and get a list of switches.
Wrong choice of words for the Directory. > > > > >| in Unix is called (I believe) a pipe > > It's not called a pipe in unix. It's called a pipe everywhere. in the > old Dos days, you'd do: > type somefile.txt |more > which would "Pipe" the output of the type command on somefile.txt into > the more.com program, which displayed things one screenlength at a time Never saw "|" used on DOS. had to deal with DOS 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 I might still have an Epson Equity III DOS Manual I believe it was using DOS 3.1 several years since used DOS. > > -- > ICQ: N/A (temporarily) > AIM: FlyersR1 9 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ = m -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phillip M. Jones, CET |MEMBER:VPEA (LIFE) ETA-I, NESDA,ISCET, Sterling 616 Liberty Street |Who's Who. PHONE:276-632-5045, FAX:275-632-0868 Martinsville Va 24112-1809 |[EMAIL PROTECTED], ICQ11269732, AIM pjonescet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If it's "fixed", don't "break it"! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/default.htm http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/america/default.htm http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/message/default.htm
