doscp cannot copy 4,244,522-byte file
ZKO3-2/S14
digrazia at asd.dec.com
Fri Dec 30 16:39:07 AEST 1988
I originally wrote:
I cannot copy a file from a DOS partition to UNIX with doscp.
I issue the commands
link /dev/rdsk/0s8 /dev/dos/C ;my DOS is in partition 3
doscp -bm C:/gnu/gnuemacs.tar /gnu
The file gnuemacs.tar is about 4.2 Mb long.
It turns out the link command is unnecessary.
Two people replied, suggesting increasing ulpatch, and using the "-16"
switch on the doscp command.
To increase ulpatch, I issued, "patch /system5 ulpatch 8400", and rebooted.
I then issued, "doscp -bm C:/gnu/gnuemacs.tar /gnu". This produced an
output file of 486,400 bytes.
Issuing "doscp -bm -16 C:/gnu/gnuemacs.tar /gnu" produced an output file
of 0 bytes, as reported by "ls -l".
In each case, the program stops; that is, after several seconds, the disk
shows no activity. Then I use the del key to get the # prompt back.
(Earlier, I said the machine hung; I think I was mistaken.)
When ulpatch was 2880, doscp copied 645,120 bytes; when I increased
ulpatch to 8400, doscp copied only 486,400 bytes.
Regards, Robert. (Apologies if this is a re-post: I can't tell whether
my earlier attempt reached the newsgroup.)
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