FCOPY Reference Manual (32212-90008)

Chapter 5 101
FCOPY Functions
UPSHIFT
UPSHIFT
Converts lowercase Roman alphabetic characters to uppercase as part of the copying
operation.
Syntax
;UPSHIFT [;LANG= language ]
Where:
language Is the name or number of a supported language. FCOPY uses the
translation associated with that language. The default is NATIVE-3000.
For more information, refer to the Native Language Support Reference
Manual (32414-90001) for MPE V/E or the Native Language
Programmer's Guide (32650-90022) for MPE XL.
Operation
You use the language parameter to describe the language conventions you want to use
when you convert characters. You can use any language installed on your system. If you do
not specify a language, FCOPY uses the default, which is NATIVE-3000.
Most devices that can print only uppercase characters automatically upshift lowercase
characters when you copy a file to them. If you are copying to such a device, you need not
use the UPSHIFT function. If you are copying to a device that prints uppercase characters
only but does not automatically upshift, then use UPSHIFT.
Examples
In the following example, lowercase Roman alphabetic characters in the disk file LOWER are
converted to uppercase as they are copied to the disk file UPPER. The contents of LOWER, a
NATIVE-3000 file, remain unchanged:
>FROM=LOWER;TO=UPPER;UPSHIFT
In the next example, FCOPY copies the contents of the LOW2 disk file to a line printer,
converting all characters to uppercase according to German linguistic rules:
>FROM=LOW2;TO=LP;UPSHIFT;LANG=GERMAN