Combine two files 1

[orna]

I need to add the content of a text file to another text file.
like in Basic : copy c:\a.bkp+c:\b.txt c:\a.bkp
Is there a way to do it in one command?

TIA

 

[jrbarnett]

No, but you can open a.bkp for append then write the contents of b.txt to the end of it, which would not overwrite the contents.

John

 

[orna]

Thanks!
That what I thought

 

[Remou]

You could:

Set oWSH = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
oWSH.Run ("%comspec% /c copy c:\docs\test1.txt+c:\docs\test2.txt c:\docs\test3.txt")

 

[orna]

Thanks Remou
What it means %comspec%

 

[Remou]

ComSpec (or %COMSPEC% ) is one of the environment variables used in MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, which normally points to the command line interpreter, ..."

-- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComSpec

If test1.txt is:
[tt]abc[/tt] 'no return character

and test2.txt is:
[tt]def[/tt]

test3.txt will be:
[tt]abcdef[/tt] 'eof

If test1.txt is:
[tt]abc[/tt] 'with a return character

test3.txt will be:
[tt]abc
def[/tt] 'eof

 

[Remou]

You will find more information on DOS Copy here:

http://www.easydos.com/copy.html

 

[orna]

Thank you for the explanation.
It works great!