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Copies one file to another by creating a new file or by overwriting
an existing file. The COPY
command can be used to copy files to and from HFS directories. You
cannot use COPY
to copy directories to or from other directories. Users with SM
capabilities are able to copy files to MPE accounts outside of their
current logon account. Syntax | |
COPY [FROM=] sourcefile [{ ;TO=
| , | blank } targetfile ] [ ASK | YES | NO ] Parameters | |
- sourcefile
The name of the file that is to be copied. A file with HFS syntax must begin with a dot (.), or a slash
(/). You may not specify system-wide ($ prefix), CM KSAM, or privileged
files as sourcefile or targetfile. - targetfile
The name of the file to which sourcefile
is to be copied. If targetfile is omitted,
the source file is copied to sourcefile
in the user's current working directory (CWD). You may qualify targetfile
with both file and group name, or specify only the destination group
or specify only the destination directory. To specifiy a group name
as the target use .groupname. If only
group is specified, COPY
copies the source file to a file named sourcefile
targetfile. Likewise if only a directory
is specified, COPY copies the source file
to a file named targetfile/sourcefile. | | | |  | NOTE: Since .groupname can be specified
as the targetfile, and HFS file names
can also start with a dot (.), this could lead to confusion as to
whether an MPE group or HFS file name is desired for the targetfile.
If the targetfile is an HFS filename
starting with a dot (.), then the targetfile
must be preceded with a dot and slash (./). For example, to represent
a targetfile .FOO
in an HFS current working directory, the file must be represented
as ./.FOO.If the target file is a directory name it may end in
a slash (/) to improve readability of copy in scripts.The max extent value for
targetfile value may not be the same
as for sourcefile. | | | | |
- ASK
If targetfile already
exists, COPY
prompts the user to choose an action with the following prompt: Valid replies to this prompt are: - Y
or YES
Instructs COPY
to purge the original targetfile and
create a new targetfile. - N
or NO
Instructs COPY
to terminate.
ASK is
the default, except in a job or in other cases when the user is
not using interactive mode. In such cases, ASK
has no meaning, and YES
becomes the default. - YES
Instructs COPY
to purge targetfile if it already exists.
No message is displayed for the user, as would be the case with
ASK. YES
is the default in jobs, or at other times when the user is not using
an interactive mode. - NO
Instructs COPY
to terminate if targetfile already exists.
Operation Notes | |
This command performs a fast copy of sourcefile
to targetfile and leaves sourcefile
unchanged. Both files must be nonspooled disk files residing on
the host system. You may specify files that are backreferenced with
a file equation (*).
However, this command only supports three file equation options:
the file name, the final disposition (;TEMP
or ;SAVE), and
the disk volume or volume class (;DEV= DISC
or ;DEV=<DISC LDEV NUMBER>).
All other file equation options are ignored. The file disposition of targetfile
defaults to that of sourcefile. For example,
if sourcefile is TEMP,
targetfile is created TEMP.
If sourcefile is PERM,
targetfile is created as PERM.
This file disposition can be overridden by using a file equation
since this is one of the three options supported for file equations. All file access attributes of the source file, including ACDs
(access control definitions) are duplicated for the target file. If a source file has an ACD, the ACD is copied to the target
file. If a file does not have an ACD, and it is copied outside an
MPE group, it is automatically assigned an ACD. Use | |
This command may be invoked from a session, a job, a program,
or in BREAK. Pressing Break aborts
the execution of this command and purges the targetfile. The COPY
command can be invoked in BREAK and does not suffer from process
creation overhead. Examples | |
To copy ABCD.logongroup
to EFG.logongroup,
enter: To copy ABCD.logongroup
to ABCD.newgroup,
enter: To copy ABCD.grp
to ABCD.logongroup,
enter: In the next example the file MYFILE.PUB.SYS
is copied to MyFile
under the current working directory (CWD). Note that the target
file name has to have the dot and slash (./) prefix. COPY myfile.pub.sys, ./MyFile |
In the next example, the file File1
under the CWD is copied to MYFILE.PUB
in the current account. In this next example, file1
in directory dir0
is copied to file2
in directory dir1. COPY ./dir0/file1, ./dir1/file2 |
In the following example, the file TEST
has a lockword which is the word LOCK. The file is copied into file1
in the dir0 directory. COPY TEST/LOCK, ./dir0/file1 |
The next example copies the file FILE1 to the directory dir1 The next example copies the file file1 to the directory DIR1. Related Information | |
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