Copying a file from A to B - not working

[J. Landman Gay]

On 12/31/03 3:41 PM, Karl Becker wrote:

> I'm attempting to copy a bunch of disparate files from one location to 
> another, but it seems like the files themselves aren't quite getting 
> duplicated bit-for-bit.  I'm using MetaCard 2.4.3.

Specify "binary" for both the read and write operations:

   open file theFP for binary read

   open file theFP for binary write

Otherwise the engine reads and writes as plain text.

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