Will Baldwin wrote:
> I'm writing a DOS batch file, to run under windows 98.
> Generally, I need the commands to use long filenames,
> but it doesn't always work. For instance, when using
> Xcopy from the command line, if I want to preserve the
> long filename, I have to use Xcopy32, instead. However,
> as far as I know, this is the only command for which
> there is a long filename version.
>
> The command I'm having trouble with now, is
> FC (File compare).
>
I just got (yet another) copy of this July 20th post.
Didn't answer it the first time, cuz it seemed that
enough had been said, but there is one question i have:
If you are running this from pure DOS, then don't
read any further.
If you are running this from a DOS window from within
a Win98 session, then I might ask, is there any reason
this could not be done with an alternative command
shell?
I have CygWin (free download) on my Win98 machine,
and from within this shell, I have access to a pretty
complete set of Unix commands (including diff, less,
sort, tail, and so on) as well as the BASH shell logic.
Doing a comparison between all files in two directories
is trivial. Doing a wildcard comparison of selected
files in different directories is not as trivial, but
is easy enough.
>From within the CygWin shell, I also have access to
DOS and Windows programs.
I almost don't use the DOS command prompt any more on
that machine, cuz I get what I need (and more than DOS
can do) in CygWin.
I apologize if I'm duplicating something already said
on this.
~~Garry
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