Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 13:16:43 -0400 (EDT) From: jan@bagend.atl.ga.us (Jan Isley) To: kristyn@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Kristyn Fayette) Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Still can't install from DOS Message-ID: <m0sXtmd-0004pHC@bagend.atl.ga.us> In-Reply-To: <199507171623.MAA08795@spiff.gnu.ai.mit.edu> from "Kristyn Fayette" at Jul 17, 95 12:23:12 pm
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Kristyn Fayette wrote:
> Well, that xcopy command puts everying into the same directory. It does
> not create a \bin directory. The correct command should be:
>
> c:\> xcopy e:\dists\bin c:\freebsd\bin
OUCH! Sorry about that. Shows what I know about DOS commands.
Doesn't DOS stand for Doom Operating System? :)
> Enter 'd' and c:\freebsd\bin will be created and filled with the files from
> e:\dists\bin. The '/s' parameter isn't needed unless there are subdirectories
> off of e:\dists\bin. i.e., if e:\freebsd\bin\patch\ existed, you'd need the
> '/s' parameter.
So, you *did* get it installed after all?
--
Jan Isley Heroes have the shelf life of cottage cheese,
jan@bagend.atl.ga.us and public memory is shorter than Dudley Moore.
-- Rheta Grimsley Johnson
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