[Coco] Question on os9's copy

Gene Heskett gheskett at wdtv.com
Thu Nov 27 23:47:55 EST 2014


On Thursday 27 November 2014 20:49:40 Bob Devries did opine
And Gene did reply:
> Hi Gene,
> 
> I have on a number of occasions found that copy bails out if I use the
> 
> wildcard option:
> :copy -w=/xx/blah *
> 
> if there are too many file names to process, then it quits.
> 
> However, I'm not convinced that it (in my case) is a copy problem, but
> maybe a shell problem?

That I believe is shell.  It doesn't have a megabyte for a buffer. :)
 
> my $0.02
> 
> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
> 
> On 28/11/2014 10:26 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Greetings all;
> > 
> > Has anyone but me noticed that the copy util seems to have a very
> > small target string buffer?
> > 
> > It appears to work well with the long paths you get when running a
> > dsave, but if the target is overlong, it doesn't bitch, but it does
> > not do the copy either.
> > 
> > What are others experience with this?
> > 
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett


Cheers, Gene Heskett
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