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Number   :  2556
Date     :  2002-07-26
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  "REM" is not for XXCOPY files
Size(KB) :  1


Steve:

Please note that the way the OS (the command processor program
--- COMMAND.COM in DOS/Win9X/ME or CMD.EXE in NT/2K/XP) treats
the comment prefix (REM or ::) in a batch file has nothing to
do with how XXCOPY treats its own text file(s) --- /EX and /CF
files.

The documentation about :: in XXTB #26 is strictly for XXCOPY's
file format (for which we chose the double-colon sequence
in addition to the double-slash (//) notation) for comment.
We chose the sequence for a loose association for those who
know the double-colon feature for the batch file. But,
the two are quite independent. For one thing, XXCOPY cannot
accept the "REM" sequence as a valid comment prefix due to
syntactic collision with other rules (the REM sequence would
qualify as a valid pathname for the source (or destination)
specifier.

So, please do not try to apply the /EX (and /CF) text file
format rules for the batch file format. The two are governed
by different programs and do not really share the same
rules exactly.

For a complete coverage of the XXCOPY external file
specifications, please take a look at the following page:

http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy37.htm

For batch file format, you should ask Microsoft.

Kan Yabumoto
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At 2002-07-26 18:07, you wrote:
>--- In xxcopy@y..., Kan Yabumoto  wrote:
> >
> > Steve:
> >
> > You stumbled a case of XXCOPY's "sloppy" job in determining
> > the remaining space. XXCOPY does cut corner on this one.
> > There are two ways to get around this problem.
>
>
>Thank you, Kan. I am going to print out what you wrote and study it.
>Right now it is a little confusing because I'm just a beginner.
>
>Oh, by the way, I finally located your information about starting a
>comment field in your XXTB #26 (the fourth bulleted comment after the
>heading /x [near the end of the technical bulletin]).
>Boy! That was hard to find.....But I got it.
>Thanks.



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