MPE/iX System Utilities Reference Manual (32650-90882)

110 Chapter8
FCOPY
Operation
Operation
To invoke FCOPY enter:
FCOPY FROM=
input file ;TO= output file ; functions
For example, to create a new disk file (in exactly the same format as another file) use the
NEW parameter:
> FROM=OLDFILE;TO=NEWFILE;NEW
To copy a
subset of one file to another enter:
> FCOPY FROM=FILEONE;TO=FILETWO;SUBSET=29:33
In this example FCOPY copies the
30th through 34th records. You specify ;SUBSET=29:33
because FCOPY sees the first record in a file as
record number 0.
To copy a tape created in EBCDIC format in an IBM environment with a label of VOL
000001,IBM you would enter the following:
FILE T;DEV=TAPE;LABEL=000001,IBM;REC=-132,20,F,ASCII
FILE HPFILE;REC=-132,1,F,ASCII;DISC=12000
FCOPY FROM=*T;TO=*HPFILE;NEW;EBCDICIN
Be sure the parameters in the file equations (blocking factor, record size, etc.) are correct.
To copy a file to your terminal screen in
hexadecimal format enter:
FCOPY FROM=FILEONE;TO=;HEX
If you specify ;TO= without anything after it the default is the $STDLIST device.
"From" and "To" Files
A from file is the input file for an FCOPY command; it contains the data you want to copy. A
to file is the output file to which you want to copy the data.
Identify a
from file for an FCOPY command with the FROM parameter. FROM has the
following format:
[={
fromfile }]
FROM [={ * }]
[={<
empty >}]
The value you assign to FROM can be either an input file name (
fromfile ), an asterisk (*),
or nothing at all (<
empty >). An asterisk backreferences the fromfile named in a file
equation. Leaving FROM empty lets you use your terminal (or a spoolfile during a job) as the
input file.
In the example below, the FROM parameter describes an input file named
input for an
FCOPY command.
FROM=
input
Specify a to file with the TO parameter. TO has the following format:
[={
tofile }]