HP-UX Reference (11i v2 03/08) - 1 User Commands A-M (vol 1)

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doscp(1) doscp(1)
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NAME
doscp - copy to or from DOS
files
SYNOPSIS
doscp [-fmvu] file1 file2
doscp [-fmvu] file1 [ file2 ... ] directory
DESCRIPTION
The
doscp command is targeted for removal from HP-UX; see the WARNINGS below.
doscp is the DOS counterpart of cp (see cp(1)).
doscp copies a DOS file to a DOS or HP-UX file, an
HP-UX file to an HP-UX or DOS
file, or HP-UX or DOS files to an HP-UX or DOS directory. The last name in
the argument list is the destination file or directory.
A
DOS file name is recognized by the presence of an embedded colon (
:) delimiter; see dosif(4) for DOS
file naming conventions.
Metacharacters
*, ?, and [ ... ] can be used when specifying both
HP-UX and DOS file names. These
must be quoted when specifying a
DOS
file name, because file name expansion must be performed by the
DOS utilities, not by the shell. DOS utilities expand file names as described in regexp(5) under PATTERN
MATCHING NOTATION.
The file name
- (dash) is interpreted to mean standard input or standard output depending upon its
position in the argument list.
Options
doscp recognizes the following options:
-f Unconditionally write over an existing file. In the absence of this option,
doscp asks per-
mission to overwrite an existing
HP-UX file.
-v Verbose mode. doscp prints the source name.
-u Disable argument case conversion. In the absence of this option, all DOS file names are con-
verted to upper case.
-m In this case you may have a filename same as DOS volume label.
RETURN VALUE
doscp returns 0 if all files are copied successfully. Otherwise, it prints a message to standard error and
returns with a non-zero value.
EXAMPLES
Copy the files in the
HP-UX directory abc to the DOS volume stored as HP-UX
file hard_disk:
doscp abc/* hard_disk:
Copy DOS file /backup/log through the HP-UX special file /dev/rfd9127 to HP-UX file logcopy
located in the current directory:
doscp /dev/rfd9127:/backup/log logcopy
Copy DOS file zulu on the volume stored as HP-UX file bb to standard output:
doscp bb:zulu -
Copy all files in directory /dameron with extension txt in the DOS volume /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0 to
the HP-UX directory abacus located in the current directory:
doscp ’/dev/rdsk/c1t2d0:/dameron/*.txt’ abacus
WARNINGS
Use of doscp is discouraged because it is targeted for removal from HP-UX. Use dos2ux(1) instead.
doscp works more reliably if you use a raw device special file (/dev/rdsk/) than a block device special
file.
To use SCSI floppy disk devices, the
sflop device driver must be configured into the kernel. (You can
use the ioscan command to verify the configuration.)
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