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COpy
COMMAND
7. 1 -- Use
binary
record
files
are being copied.
The
PC"
option will
cause the binary data to be converted
into
seven-bit
ASCII
data
(see
section 24.3) which can be handled by the device.
The following table
shows
what the
destination
file
format
",i 11
be, based on th e fi
1
e
format oT th e sou-rce f
i
I
e and the
options specified:
SOUT'ce
File
Destination File
ASCII
ASCI I.
Binar1J' no
lie"
Binary,
if
supported btl device;
A5CII-~onverted-binar~.
Sinal',:!'
"en
ASClI-converted-binar~.
else
In the nan-file Tormat mode
(IINtI
option specified),
only
ASCII record files can be copied.
The"
"V"
and
"Lu
options are
valid
in
this
copy
mode.
The "W" and "B" options are invalid since no diskette 'ile
is
being \dritten to.
The
"D"
and
"M"
options can be
used,
but
only if the device
#UD
is specified for <name 2J (see section
7.2).
7.1.3
Device-to-diskette COPtling
IT
a
file is to be copied from
another
device
to
the
disikette,
then
<name
1:> is
re~uired;
howeverJ
depending on
the copy mode chosen (rile
fo~mat
o~
non-~ile
~ormat)
<name
2~
is
optional.
If the file format mode is to be used (no
"N"
option specified),
then <name
2~
can be omitted.
In
such
cases,
the
file
name
to
be used Tor the diskette file is
taken out of the
FDRi
however,
if
<name
2~
is
specified
(still
no
liNn
option),
the SOUl'ce device will be r1!ad until
an FDR is found that matches <name
2~
before the
copy
takes
place.
In
other
Ulords,
in
the file format mode,
<name
2~
indicates the name"or the rile on the device
which
will
be
copied to diskette.
The name of the Tile can only be changed
with the
NAME
command (Chapter
20)
after the
file
has
been
copied to diskette.
I
r
the
II
Nit
0
P
t ion iss
p
e c
i
~
i
ed,
the n no
FDR
pro c
e
s sin 9
will be performed.
Therefol'eJ <name
2J
must
indicate
the
diskette file that is to be
written to.
In
eithe~
case
("Nil
option or no
"Nfl
option), <name
1)-
will specify the source device, and <name
2~
will speciftl the
destinati on
disk ette
f i
1
e.
The defaul t
va
lues
"SA"
and zero
will be supplied for
<name
2~'s
surrix
and
logical
unit
numberl
respectively,
if they are not explicitly entered by
the operator.
The valid device specifications
that
can
be
/
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