mtools problem

1997-07-21 Thread Johnny Stevenson
Hello, After upgrading to Debian 1.3.1, I am now having a problem using some of the mtools operations. The command 'mdir' works but 'mcopy a:' and 'mdel a:' produce the following error: This command cannot operate on . or .. Does anyone have any suggestions, appart from mounting/unmounting the

Re: mtools problem

1997-07-21 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
Try using mcopy and mdel like this: mcopy a:'*' . mdel a:'*' . It looks like mtools need both the source and destination, a simple mcopy a: is not enough. The single quotes let * pass all the way to mtools programs which then do the file name expansion. Johnny Stevenson wrote: Hello,

Re: mtools problem

1997-07-21 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
Correction: I wrote: Try using mcopy and mdel like this: mcopy a:'*' . mdel a:'*' . This should be: mdel a:'*' Sorry, it's Monday and it sure feels like it... // Heikki -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .