FCOPY Reference Manual (32212-90008)

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FCOPY Applications and Examples
Copying Files Between HP 3000 Systems
Copying Files Between HP 3000 Systems
You can use magnetic tapes to copy disk files from one HP 3000 system to another. If all
files on a single tape have the same record size and type, copy the files from the first
system to tape. Then copy the tape files onto the second system, as follows:
1. Issue an MPE FILE command describing the tape to which you want to copy the disk
files. You must specify the record size and structure. For example,
>:FILE T;DEV=TAPE;REC=-80,16,F,ASCII
2. Copy each of the disk files to the tape. Use an asterisk to backreference the FILE
command describing the tape. Use SKIPEOF=,+1 to position the tape at the beginning
of the next file. For example,
>FROM=FUTIL;TO=*T
EOF FOUND IN FROMFILE AFTER RECORD 297
298 RECORDS PROCESSED * * * 0 ERRORS
>FROM=DUMPER;TO=*;SKIPEOF=,+1
EOF FOUND IN FROMFILE AFTER RECORD 405
406 RECORDS PROCESSED * * * 0 ERRORS
>FROM=SPOOLER;TO=*;SKIPEOF=,+1
EOF FOUND IN FROMFILE AFTER RECORD 386
387 RECORDS PROCESSED * * * 0 ERRORS
3. Use the FILE command to describe the tape drive on the second system. The record size
and structure must be specified and must match how the tape was written.
>:FILE T;DEV=TAPE;REC=-80,16,F,ASCII