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Re: Is there a standard syntax?
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 30 Jun 2005 14:43:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dan Boger wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 01:51:14PM +0000, Dave Schuler wrote:
> > I wish I could remember or find it, but it was something dirt-simple like this:
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> > copy //www.doofus.com/dolt/knucklehead/fool.txt c:\network\fool.txt
> >
> > but I can't recall the formatting, and that's the whole problem.
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> That works if the site is on your windows network, so you can access it
> as \\hostname\path\to\file... But if it's not available, I don't think
> it's doable...
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> Say, if you try to copy http://peeron.com/robots.txt to your local
> drive, I don't think it'll work.
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> But I'd love to find out I'm wrong! :)
Doh! It looks as though, once again, you're correct. As it turns out, the old
"file.bat" accessed a location on the network, rather than the internet.
Darn it.
Thanks for ending my wild goose chase, though.
Dave!
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| (...) That works if the site is on your windows network, so you can access it as \\hostname\path\to\file... But if it's not available, I don't think it's doable... Say, if you try to copy (URL) to your local drive, I don't think it'll work. But I'd (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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