USER command questions

[Tyler]

>
> As others have noted, USER is the wrong tool for the job.  Although cp and
> mv are "such basic commands", they are designed, pure and simple, to take
> parameters from the command line, do their thing, and exit.  They are not
> designed to work in an environment such as filePro's USER command, where
> things come in via stdin and results are sent via stdout.
>
> Use the SYSTEM command, which was designed to be used for such things.
>
> It sounds to me along the same lines of complaining that a screwdriver
> can't do "such basic construction" as putting in a nail.
>

My problem is that both were clearly labeled by the manufacturer as *bolts*.
<rofl>

Tyler
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