User`s guide
COPY
The following command copies diskette DU1 to DU2 as the file FLOPPY.BAK:
.COPY/DEVICE/FILES DU1: DU2:FLOPPY.BAK
The next command copies the file MYWORK.BAK to DU1:
.COPY/DEVICE/FILES MYWORK.BAK DU1:
/IGNORE
Ignores errors during a COPY operation. /IGNORE forces a single-block data
transfer, which you can invoke at any time with the /SLOWLY option. Use
/IGNORE if an input error occurred when you tried to perform a normal
COPY operation. This procedure can sometimes recover a file that is otherwise
unreadable. If there is still an error, an error message is displayed on the
terminal, but the COPY operation continues. This option is invalid with /DOS,
/TOPS, and /INTERCHANGE.
When coupled with /DEVICE, /IGNORE causes any errors returned by a bad
block on the input or output device to be ignored. The bad block on the device
that returns the error and a corresponding block on the other device are not
copied. An error message displays which device (input or output) contains the
bad block and the bad-block number.
/IMAGE
If you enter a command line without an option, or if you use the /IMAGE option,
the COPY operation proceeds in IMAGE mode. Use this method to transfer
memory-image files. Note, however, that you should not transfer memory-image
files to the printer or terminal.
Copying files, using the default (COPY/IMAGE), always correctly copies any RT–
11 formatted file. An advantage to using /IMAGE is that it is faster than /ASCII
and /BINARY.
The following command copies a text file to a diskette for storage:
.COPY/IMAGE LETTER.SAV DU1:*.*
/INFORMATION
Changes the severity level of the error message that displays when not all of the
input files you specified are found. If you do not use /INFORMATION, RT–11
displays an error message when it is unable to find an input file, and execution
halts after the command is processed. When you use /INFORMATION, RT–
11 displays an informational message to tell you which files it cannot find, but
execution continues.
The following command copies input files FILE1.TXT and FILE3.TXT to DU1.
However, since RT–11 is unable to find DU0:FILE2.TXT, RT–11 displays a
message to inform you that.
.COPY/INFORMATION DU0:(FILE1,FILE2,FILE3).TXT DU1:*.*
?PIP-I-File not found DU0:FILE2.TXT
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