"No Such File or Directory" Message with File Compare (FC.EXE) (134571)
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This article was previously published under Q134571 SYMPTOMS
When you use the file compare command, Fc.exe, and you use wildcards in the
second argument of the command, the Fc.exe command reports that there is no
such file or directory.
For example, if you have two files in a directory, one named
a_long_file_name and the other named a_really_long_file_name, when you
carry out the command
fc a_long_file_name a_really_*
the fc command reports
Comparing files a_long_file_name and a_really_le_name
FC:cannot open a_really_le_name - No such file or directory
instead of the expected action of comparing the a_long_file_name file
to the a_really_long_file_name file.
CAUSE
When you use wildcards in the second argument, the Fc.exe command matches
the second argument against the first argument instead of matching the
files in the current directory.
RESOLUTION
Type the second argument in full if you do not intend to match the second
argument against the first argument.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 12/17/2000 |
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| Keywords: | KB134571 |
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