From: shadow{at}shadowgard.com

On 13 Jul 2004 at 22:56, Gary Welles wrote:

> On 2004-07-13 Matthias Paul wrote:
> 
> > Depending on what criteria 4DOS uses in order to determine if
> > a drive is remote or local, it may be possible . . .
> > I don't recommend it.
> 
> 4DOS identifies my local CD-ROM drive as "remote" and copying
> from it is not a problem.  As Matthias suggests, it's likely
> not as simple as I first thought.

The files on the CD are also *read-only*.

I bet if you mark files on the other system read-only, you'll be able 
to copy them just fine too.

> I've reached that conclusion as well.  The result is that 4DOS
> regardless of underlying DOS may lock itself out of copying
> from who knows what remote system or gadget.  They may be
> taking a narrow view of what a server might be.

Well, the thing is, copying a file that may change (or need to be 
changed) while you are copying it is generally a bad idea.
 

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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
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