Hi administrators'guru,

What is the meaning of the colons in

copy con: out.txt

I know it creates a file.txt
I know it copies it to the screen and that Ctr; +z terminates the file.

How could I write that another way?



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In microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin Jean Pierre Daviau
wrote:

> Hi administrators'guru,
>
> What is the meaning of the colons in
>
> copy con: out.txt
>
> I know it creates a file.txt
> I know it copies it to the screen and that Ctr; +z terminates
> the file.
>
> How could I write that another way?

copy con out.txt
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What are you trying to accomplish?
What OS?

"Jean Pierre Daviau" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi administrators'guru,
>
> What is the meaning of the colons in
>
> copy con: out.txt
>
> I know it creates a file.txt
> I know it copies it to the screen and that Ctr; +z terminates the
> file.
>
> How could I write that another way?

The colons were once required on all device names.

You still use them for drive letter names: C:, D:, etc.

They're now optional for other devices:
AUX:
AUX

CON:
CON

LPT1:
LPT1

PRN:
PRN

etc.

David
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