Thanks Bernie, an explanation for something that I've wondered about for a few years.
Regards, Alastair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernard Lis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 12:58 AM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Locating files in a directory > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alastair Burr" > >There two things to remember: firstly, the DOS copy command seems to like a > > maximum of, I think, 72 characters in the command. Why it's not 80 I have > > no > > idea but maybe somebody else does. > > In the early days when we used 80 col punch cards for programming, cols 73 - > 80 where used for sequence numbers. > In case you dropped your programming deck, just put it back in the sorting > machine. > > In the modern world we must still think we can drop our programs (probably > right into the bit bucket) > > Bernie Lis >
