NetWare 4.1/9000 Utilities Reference

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Workstation Utilities
NCOPY
NCOPY Options
Using NCOPY
• NCOPY allows you to specify how files are copied, whether subdirectories are
copied, and whether the system verifies copies.
• You can use drive letters instead of directory paths to specify source and target
Option Use to
A (Archive Bit
Only)
Copy only those files that have the archive bit set.
The attribute of the source file is not changed.
M (Archive Bit Set) Copy files that have the archive bit set. Turns off
the archive bit of the source file. This option allows
NCOPY to be used in backup.
C (Copy) Copy files without preserving extended attributes
and name space information.
F (Force Sparse
Files)
Force the operating system to copy sparse files.
I (Inform) Notify you that extended attributes or name space
information cannot be copied because the target
volume doesn’t support those features.
R (Retain
Compression)
Keep compressed files compressed.
/R/U (Retain
Unsupported
Compression)
Keep compressed files compressed even when
copied to media that do not support compression.
S (Subdirectories) Copy subdirectories and files.
/S /E
(Subdirectories
Empty)
Copy empty subdirectories and files.
V (Verify) Verify that the original and the new files are
identical. For local DOS drives only.