Re: how to copy a file ?

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, _brian_d_foy wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>, Gabor
> Szabo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 2 Jan 2005, _brian_d_foy wrote:
>>
>>> In article <[email protected]>, Tad McClellan
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There should be a "How do I copy a file?" question added to the FAQ.
>>>
>>> noted and queued.
>>
>> Adding it to the FAQ was not the point but if you do that
>> then maybe
>
> Not the point?  Maybe I didn't understand the sentence I quoted.

Hmm, I mean I started the whole thread to get an answer on
"How to find an answer to a question" and brought up the example of
the copying.

Improving the FAQ is a nice thing but it cannot answer all the
questions that come up. And it is very fragile as we can see
from the "move/rename" example.

>
>> "How to move a file"  can also be added.
>
> There is already an answer for that, although I think it uses
> "rename".  It does talk about moving a file though.

Its usefulness is limited by the size of the English vocabulary
of the *reader*. As always.

Gabor