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General Guidelines
An FCOPY command must follow these general guidelines:
Semicolons always separate the different components of a command. You
can leave spaces between components. However, there can be no more than
70 characters between two semicolons. The three examples of an FCOPY
command shown below are all valid.
>FROM=A; TO=B; NEW
>FROM=C;TO=D;NEW
>FROM=E; TO=F; NEW
NOTE For the sake of clarity, the examples in this manual show user
input without spaces between parameters, unless the spaces are
required as part of the syntax.
To continue an FCOPY command onto more than one line, use an ampersand
(&) at the end of each line except the last. For example,
>FROM=A;&
TO=B;&
NEW
An FCOPY command has no maximum length; however, a single line in an
FCOPY command cannot be more than 72 characters long.
To interrupt FCOPY while it is copying a file, press CTRL Y. If you use
this procedure to cancel a command, you cannot use an asterisk (*) to
specify reuse of a previous file in the next command.
Numeric parameters in FCOPY functions can be in either octal or decimal
form. Precede octal numbers with a percent sign (%).
The numbering of files and columns of data begins with 1; numbering of
records within a file begins with 0.