Hi Pranav,
On Saturday 30 April 2005 1:44 am, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I suspect you can still do something like
> copy conn test.txt
Yes you can.
> In dos 6 this would bring up some kind of text editor that would
> let you enter text. You would press ctrl+z to save the file.
> Pranav
In DOS you are already at the console. No separate text editor is
needed. The command "Copy Con". Means just that, copy anything
typed in, at the console. The file name following the command is
simply the name under which you want whatever you typed to be stored.
> on Friday 4/29/2005 09:58 PM, Huntress said:
> Yes but you can name a folder "CONSOLE" but you can't name one
> "CON". Very odd indeed.
>
> Sandi
>
> Alex Davidson wrote:
> >I believe it's because CON is short for CONSOLE i.e. the screen
> >
> >On 4/29/05, Bernie Cosell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>I discovered an odd thing this morning: on XP/Pro it is
> >> apparently not permitted to call a directory or file "con". It
> >> doesn't complain or give you any sort of error, it just doesn't
> >> work. [actually, it is a bit more amusing than that: I was
> >> unzipping a .zip file that had a bunch of stuff stored in a
> >> 'con' directory... and that really hosed the unzip-wizard..]
> >>
> >>Why is that a forbidden file name? And are there other secret
> >> forbidden file names?
> >>
> >>/Bernie\
Yes there are a number of reserved words in DOS/WIN that don't apply
in other operating systems. At this point I was going to give a URL
to a list...... Trouble is, I can't find it.... Anybody ?
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
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