Re: Mcopy

["Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>]

Thanks Tyler .... another example of the problems newbies face
with present documentation


----- Original Message -----
From: tyler spivey <tyler@sdf.lonestar.org>
To: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>
Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>; <recipient list not shown: ;>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: Mcopy


> its 'a:' not '/dev/fd0;
>
>
> tyler@sdf.lonestar.org
> SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
>
> On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Doug Young wrote:
>
> > A number of people who have been trying to help me figure out
> > configuration issues have asked me to email them a copy of this
> > or that file. Initially I tried copying directly from Debian
> > to a DOS formatted floppy but for some reason this made the floppy
> > inaccessible to DOS / Windows. Soemone then suggested using "mcopy"
> > which is supposed to do the job.
> >
> > I can't figure how to use it though ..... MAN mcopy says to type
> > something like eg "mcopy -t/resolv.conf /dev/fd0" but that only gives
> > me "Can't open /dev/fd0/resolv.conf: Not a directory"
> >
> > Of course it isn't a directory .... its a file, so what am I doing wrong
> > ??
> >
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