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You can use the COPY command to copy files in several ways:
You can copy individual files from one disk to another
You can copy a group of files at once using wildcard
characters
You can copy one or more files and give them new names
You can combine or merge files into one file.
To use the COPY command, type COPY at the command
prompt, followed by the drive designators and necessary
filenames. Then press Enter to execute the command.
For example, to copy the file named REPORT from the
diskette in drive A to the hard disk using the same name for
the copy as for the original file, type the following and press
Enter:
COPY A:REPORT C:
You now have two files named REPORT, one on the diskette
in drive A and one on the hard disk, drive C.
If you want to copy the file named REPORT from the diskette
in drive A to drive C using a new name, FACTS, for the copy,
type the following and press
Enter:
COPY A:REPORT C:FACTS
The file REPORT remains unchanged on drive A, but a new
file named FACTS now exists on drive C.
To copy the file named REPORT to the same diskette and
name the copy FACTS, type the following and press Enter:
COPY REPORT FACTS
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