FCOPY Reference Manual (32212-90008)

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FCOPY Functions
FILES
Figure 5-3. Copying Subsets of Files to Tape
If you use the FILES function together with the SKIPEOF function, FCOPY positions the
tape as specified with SKIPEOF first.
If the
fromfile is an unlabeled tape, there is no standard that defines the mark used at
the end of the last file on the tape. If you copy such a tape with FILES=ALL, the copy
proceeds until an error occurs from trying to read unrecorded media.
On a labeled tape, two consecutive tapemarks following the trailer labels denote the end of
the recorded media. In this case, the copy process ends when the consecutive tapemarks
are encountered.