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- Size (recs) CRC Version Author/Latest Issue Disk
- 3k (22) 0C4B 0.3 Gene Pizzetta 9/89 Z3COM3
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- 1- Syntax
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- CONCAT concatenates two or more source files into a destination file,
- similar to PIP. For ZCPR3 only.
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- Syntax CONCAT {dir:}outfile={dir:}infile{,{dir:}infile{, ...}} {/option}
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- Any file without a DU or DIR specification is assumed to be on the current
- drive/user. The default is text file mode, checking for a CP/M end-of-file
- character (^Z). The only option at present is 'O', which puts CONCAT in
- object file mode so ^Z's are ignored.
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- CONCAT requires an output file and at least one input file. Actually, it
- can be used as a simple file-copy utility, but that's not its purpose. The
- same filename may be given repeatedly in the input file list. An equal sign
- separates the output file from the input files. Commas separate multiple
- input files.
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- While the equal sign and commas are required, they may be separated from
- the filenames by one or more spaces. For example,
- concat newfile.txt=file1.txt,file2.txt,file3.txt,file4,txt
- works the same as
- concat newfile.txt = file1.txt, file2.txt ,file3.txt , file4.txt
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- A filename cannot begin with a slash unless it is preceded by a DU or DIR
- specification.
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- If an error occurs, such as an input file not found, the incomplete output
- file is erased. If another file has the same name as the output file, it will
- be renamed to filetype BAK. CONCAT initially creates the output file with a
- filetype of $$$. Any existing BAK is erased, the new BAK file created, and
- the output file renamed to the correct filetype after the copy is successfully
- completed.
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- An invalid option (anything other than "O") will be ignored.