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Combine Two Files (Concatenate)
From Wiki
You can combine two or more files by reading in the files and then writing out to a combined file using the FileSystemObject, or you can use DOS.
- Set oWSH = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
- oWSH.Run ("%comspec% /c copy c:\docs\test1.txt+c:\docs\test2.txt c:\docs\test3.txt")
An Explanation
If test1.txt is:
abc 'no return character
... and test2.txt is:
def
... test3.txt will be:
abcdef 'eof
If test1.txt is:
abc 'with a return character
... test3.txt will be:
abc
def 'eof
"ComSpec (or %COMSPEC% ) is one of the environment variables used in MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, which normally points to the command line interpreter, ..." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComSpec)
Further Information
DOS Copy: http://www.easydos.com/copy.html
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