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From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>
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	Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 23 March 2005 06:03 pm, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:48:16 +0100, albi@scii.nl <albi@scii.nl> wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:43:37 +0100
> >
> > Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > How do you copy the files in /home/gert/ for example to /home/ in
> > > mc ?
> > >
> > > one by one or is there a other way ?
> >
> > with F5 you can copy whole directories, or select all files with
> > the * sign first and then F5
> >
> > (you can also use the + sign and then fill in *ogg to select only
> > ogg-file
>
> i think you can only select one directory and one file no matter how
> many * you use ?
> * is used as a mask on the file name only if i am not mistaken ?
>
> I dont think you can do cp /home/gert/desktop/* /home/gert/ in cm
> using f5 ? _______________________________________________

The link below leads to an introduction to mc that you may find useful:

http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue23/wkndmech_dec97/mc_article.html

Best of luck,

Andrew L. Gould