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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

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

COPY

Syntax

Qualifiers

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