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COPY is a [[DCL]] [[Command|command]] that creates a new file from one or more existing files. The COPY command can do the following:
* Copy an input file to an output file.
* Concatenate two or more input files into a single output file.
* Copy a group of input files to a group of output files.  You can also specify certain qualifiers to invoke other utilities:  o  Use /FTP to invoke the FTP utility to transfer files between hosts with possibly dissimilar file systems over a TCP/IP connection.
* Use /RCP to invoke the RCP utility to copy files from host to host over a TCP/IP connection.
* Use /RECORDABLE_MEDIA to invoke the CDDVD utility to copy files from host/container file to CD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW. 

COPY is invoked with SYS$SYSTEM:COPY.EXE.

=Syntax=
 COPY  input-filespec[,...] output-filespec

==Qualifiers==
* /ALLOCATION
* /BACKUP
* /BEFORE
* /BLOCK_SIZE
* /BY_OWNER
* /CONCATENATE
* /CONFIRM
* /CONTIGUOUSCREATED
* /EXCLUDE
* /EXPIRED
* /EXTENSION
* /LOG
* /MODIFIED
* /OVERLAY
* /PROTECTION
* /READ_CHECK
* /REPLACE
* /SINCE
* /STYLE
* /SYMLINK
* /TRUNCATE
* /VOLUME
* /WRITE_CHECKP
* /RCP
* /RECORDABLE_MEDIA
[[Category:DCL Commands]]