FCOPY Reference Manual (32212-90008)

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Using FCOPY
General Guidelines
General Guidelines
An FCOPY command must follow these general guidelines:
Semicolons always separate the different components of a command. You can leave spaces
between components. However, there can be no more than 70 characters between two
semicolons. The three examples of an FCOPY command shown below are all valid.
>FROM=A; TO=B; NEW
>FROM=C;TO=D;NEW
>FROM=E; TO=F; NEW
NOTE For the sake of clarity, the examples in this manual show user input without
spaces between parameters, unless the spaces are required as part of the
syntax.
To continue an FCOPY command onto more than one line, use an ampersand (&) at the end
of each line except the last. For example,
>FROM=A;&
TO=B;&
NEW
An FCOPY command has no maximum length; however, a single line in an FCOPY command
cannot be more than 72 characters long.
To interrupt FCOPY while it is copying a file, press
CTRL Y. If you use this procedure to
cancel a command, you cannot use an asterisk (*) to specify reuse of a previous file in the
next command.
Numeric parameters in FCOPY functions can be in either octal or decimal form. Precede
octal numbers with a percent sign (%).
The numbering of files and columns of data begins with 1; numbering of records within a
file begins with 0.