COPY Concatenates Files Based on Command Syntax (69575)
The information in this article applies to:
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.1
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3a
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.01
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q69575
SUMMARY
The MS-DOS COPY command can combine multiple files into one file. When you
issue a command of the following form, COPY switches to ASCII mode and
merges all source files into the target file
COPY <multiple_file_list> <single_file>
where <multiple_file_list> can be of three forms: filenames with "*" or "?"
(wildcard filenames), filenames separated with "+" (a specific, ordered
list of files), or a combination of the two.
Because the COPY command recognizes <single_file> as being an absolute
target, it assumes that you want to concatenate the multiple files into a
single new file. This means that COPY switches to ASCII mode where end-of-
file (EOF) markers are acknowledged.
Modification Type: |
Major |
Last Reviewed: |
5/12/2003 |
Keywords: |
KB69575 |
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