Latest revision as of 12:58, 6 February 2023

COPY is a DCL 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

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-COPY is a [[DCL]] [[Command|command]] that creates a new file from one or more existing files. The COPYcommand can do the following:
+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.
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 * 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