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1 <refentry id="copy">
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2 <refnamediv>
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3 <refname>COPY</refname>
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4 <refpurpose>Copy data from one path to another</refpurpose>
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5 </refnamediv>
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6
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7 <refsynopsisdiv>
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8 <cmdsynopsis>
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9 <command>COPY</command>
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10 <arg choice="plain">
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11 &replstart;path&replend;
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12 </arg>
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13 <arg choice="plain">
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14 &replstart;path&replend;
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15 </arg>
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16 <arg choice="opt">
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17 <option>-s</option>
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18 </arg>
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19 </cmdsynopsis>
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20 </refsynopsisdiv>
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21
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22 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
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23 <para>
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24 This command copies data from the first file or device specified to
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25 the second. The first file or device must already exist, the
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26 second file is automatically created if the second path is a file on
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27 a mass storage device. Data may be of any type and is NOT modified
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28 in any way as it is copied.
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29 </para>
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30 <para>
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31 Data is transferred using large block reads and writes until end-of-file
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32 occurs on the input path. Because block transfers are used,
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33 normal output processing of data does not occur on character-oriented
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34 devices such as terminals, printers, etc. Therefore, the
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35 LIST command is preferred over COPY when a file consisting of text
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36 is to be sent to a terminal or printer.
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37 </para>
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38 <para>
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39 The "-s" option causes COPY to perform a single drive copy
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40 operation. The second pathlist must be a full pathlist if "-s
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41 appears. COPY will read a portion of the source disk into memory,
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42 you remove the source disk and place the destination disk into the
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43 drive, enter a "C" whereupon COPY writes on the destination disk,
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44 this process continues until the entire file is copied.
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45 </para>
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46 <para>
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47 Using the shell's alternate memory size modifier to give a large
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48 memory space will increase speed and reduce the number of media
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49 exchanges required for single drive copies.
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50 </para>
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51 </refsect1>
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52 <refsect1><title>Examples</title>
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53 <screen>
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54 copy file1 file2 #15k (copies file1 to file2)
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55
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56 copy /D1/joe/news /D0/peter/messages
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57
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58 copy /TERM /P (copies console to printer)
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59
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60 copy /d0/cat /d0/animals/cat -s #32k
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61 Ready DESTINATION, hit C to continue: c
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62 Ready SOURCE, hit C to continue: c
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63 Ready DESTINATION, hit C to continue:c
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64 </screen>
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65 </refsect1>
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66 </refentry>
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