[Info-vax] Cross platform copying strategies

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Sun Dec 20 16:36:33 EST 2009


On 20-12-2009 14:30, Steven Schweda wrote:
> JF Mezei wrote:
>> ZIP "-r" myzipfile.zip  [...]*.*
>>
>> produced what appears to be an infinite loop.  After doing a zipping of
>> the tree, it zipps the tree again.
>
>     "More than once" and "infinite" are spelled differently for
> a good reason.
>
>>   My guess is that -r and [...]*.* are
>> complementing each other.
>
>     Well, duh.  I suppose "complementing" is one word for it.

You mean it is like hitting yourself in the head with a hammer
and complaining that it hurts ?

Arne




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