HP 3000 Manuals

Getting Started as an MPE/iX Programmer Programmer's Guide

FCOPY/XL 

FCOPY/XL is a utility program on MPE/iX that allows you to copy data from
one file to another.  You can copy the content of an entire file or a
selected portion of a file from any supported input device to any
supported output device.  Supported input devices are disc, magnetic
tape, terminal, and tape cartridge.  Supported output devices are disc,
magnetic tape, terminal, tape cartridge, and line printer.

FCOPY/XL's basic functions include:

   *   Making multiple copies of files

   *   Making account-independent magnetic tape copies of disc files

   *   Transferring programs or data from one medium to another (for
       example, from magnetic tape to disc)

FCOPY/XL has many features that expedite file manipulation.  These
include:

   *   FCOPY/XL code translating function, which converts data from one
       computer code system to another as part of a copying operation.
       FCOPY/XL can translate files between ASCII and EBCDIC or BCDIC
       formats.  You can use this feature to prepare magnetic tapes to be
       used at different computer installations or to incorporate
       magnetic tapes from other installations into your 900 Series HP
       3000 system.  FCOPY/XL can translate between uppercase and
       lowercase alphabetic characters.  This is useful for a peripheral
       that has only an uppercase character set.

   *   FCOPY/XL subset function, which allows you to perform operations
       using a specified portion of a file.  You can designate the file
       subset as a range of contiguous records or as all records
       containing a specified data item in specified columns.  This is
       useful for separating a file into several separate files or
       copying or displaying only specific records of a file.

   *   FCOPY/XL skip end-of-file function, which allows you to position
       magnetic tape to the exact file where you want to read or write.

   *   FCOPY/XL display functions, which show numeric codes and
       corresponding character symbols, thus allowing you to examine the
       contents of files at a terminal or on a printer list.

You can also operate on multiple files and multiple tapes.  You can
interactively invoke FCOPY/XL. For detailed information on using FCOPY/XL
and syntax, refer to FCOPY Reference Manual (03000-90064).

MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation