On Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 12:55:24PM +0100, Peter Paluch wrote: > > You might try to use \* instead of * to disable the shell's filename > > expansion. (I have to do that when I'm in tcsh). > > I don't know about you, but have a look what it complains about: > > frcatel:~$ mmove a: /archive/users/peterp/pokus > Path component "archive" is not a directory > Bad target > > This is crazy. I've tried to experiment with the target directory but it > didn't help. > > I treat this as a bug.
The error message is a bug, but DOS-wise "a:" is a non-sensical source; DOS wouldn't accept it for either copy or move. "a:*.*" is the answer but you'd have to quote it. That may or may not be the problem though. hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
