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