Re: files...

[Martin Konold <konold@fiwi02.wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de>]

On Thu, 26 Dec 1996 racquadro@uspif1.if.usp.br wrote:

Hi,


> 	Hi! I am new on Linux. I've got some files called xxxxx.deb 
>       What's the meanning of .DEB? And how can I copy files 
 
It is a debian package file. To be used by dpkg or better dselect.

>       from a floppy disk to a hard disk (in DOS we use 
>       "copy a:*.* c:\dir"). How can I do it on Linux?

Try mcopy "a:*.*" /tmp/

> 	Can Linux read an ASCII file that is saved on a floppy that 
>       DOS had written?

yes it can. Try mtools and maybe recode to get the umlauts right.

Yours,
-- martin

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