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   From: Sybren Stuvel    
   Subject: Re: software file joiner   
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   Chuck Dubois enlightened us with:   
   >>>>   cat f1 f2 .... > bigfile   
   >>>    
   >>> It blows up on wmv files.   
   >>    
   >> No reason for that, unless the output file is too big for your   
   >> system.  What error does cat give you?   
   >   
   > It throws garbage characters on the screen, beeps the system speaker   
   > and the display starts scrolling.   
      
   Then you must have missed the '>' symbol. You really need that to   
   redirect the output from your screen to the file.   
      
   Sybren   
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