Microsoft KB Archive/134571

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"No Such File or Directory" Message with File Compare (FC.EXE)

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Q134571

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95

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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.

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Technology : kbWin95search kbWin95