Re: Xy on Mac revisited-Parallel Universe

["Robert Holmgren" holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to message from "Patricia M. Godfrey"  on Sat, 10
Mar 2007 15:07:30 -0500


> Harry Binswanger wrote:
> > No, COPY is fine, given that Xy doesn't use long filenames.
>
> Neither did DOS's XCOPY. But it does let you copy by attribute and
> date, and that is enormously helpful.

Use ROBOCOPY.EXE -- it's been around for a long time, & it's much better
(Robust File Copy). It's in the M$ ResKit, but I think it's a free DL.

The notion that you "don't need" and/or Xy "doesn't use" LFNs can lead to
really serious errors. If long file names are only copied using their 8.3
filenames, programs start to bomb. Moreover, unless you operate XyWrite in its
own hermetic world, it needs to interact with the rest of the computer, and
LFNs abound everywhere. U2 frame CAL makes CAlling LFNs really simple:
instead of CA, you simply say CAL (CAll_Longfilename), e.g.
 CAL d:\my path\Really Long Named File.text
and up it comes, instantly (CAL is also an easy way to determine the 8.3 form
of a long file name, because that's what Editor displays as the filename).
Requires SFN.EXE located in Editor's dir (http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/sfn.zip).

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