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copying files to floppy drive

Hi guys

i've got a backup system that currently copies all the data in a mysql table
to a text file, what i want to know is if it's possible to copy this file to
a floppy disk and if so how ??

thanks for any help

Steve
Jul 17 '05 #1
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Hi guys

i've got a backup system that currently copies all the data in a mysql table to a text file, what i want to know is if it's possible to copy this file to a floppy disk and if so how ??

thanks for any help

Steve

Jul 17 '05 #2

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