FCOPY Reference Manual (32212-90008)

Chapter 5 83
FCOPY Functions
IGNERR
IGNERR
Bypasses errors in a magnetic tape fromfile and counts ignored errors up to a specified
maximum.
Syntax
;IGNERR [= number-of-errors ]
Where:
number-of-errors Is an integer specifying the maximum number of errors to be
ignored. If the number of errors exceeds the maximum, the operation
terminates.
File Attributes
The fromfile must be a magnetic tape unit with read access, and the tofile must have write
access.
Operation
You can use IGNERR only with magnetic tape fromfiles. IGNERR ignores the following file
system errors:
21 Data Parity Error
26 Transmission Error
27 I/O Timeout Error
38 Tape Parity Error
Errors other than these cause the operation to terminate.
Example
In the following example, the system ignores up to five errors while copying the first file on
the magnetic tape unit *TAPE to the disk file FILE3. The operation terminates if FCOPY
encounters a sixth error:
>FROM=*TAPE;TP=FILE3;SUBSET;IGNERR=5