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FCOPY Reference Manual

Issuing an FCOPY Command 

You can issue an FCOPY command directly from MPE, or you can enter the
FCOPY subsystem and issue one or more commands before returning to MPE.

Using FCOPY from MPE 

You can issue a single FCOPY command directly from MPE using either the
RUN or FCOPY command.  If you use the RUN command, include FROM, TO, and
any functions you want in the INFO=" " parameter.  For example: 

     RUN FCOPY.PUB.SYS;INFO="FROM=A;TO=B;NEW" 

When you use the FCOPY command, you list FROM, TO, and any functions you
want after the command.  For example:

     FCOPY FROM=A;TO=B;NEW 

The FCOPY Subsystem 

To enter the FCOPY subsystem, type RUN FCOPY.PUB.SYS in response to the
MPE prompt.  For example,

     RUN FCOPY.PUB.SYS 

Or you can simply type FCOPY. The FCOPY subsystem then prompts you for
commands with a greater-than symbol (>).

Once you are in the FCOPY subsystem, you can issue one or more commands
before returning to MPE. Within the FCOPY subsystem, an FCOPY command
consists of the FROM and TO parameters and any functions that you want to
perform.  For example,

     >FROM=A;TO=*PRINTER 

Exiting FCOPY 

To leave the FCOPY subsystem, type EXIT, or E, in response to the FCOPY
prompt.  For example,

     >EXIT 

Interrupting FCOPY 

You can temporarily leave the FCOPY subsystem and return to MPE by
pressing the BREAK key.  When you see the MPE colon prompt (:), you can
enter any MPE command that does not create another process.  Use the
RESUME command to return to the FCOPY subsystem, or use the ABORT command
to terminate FCOPY. 

MPE Commands 

From the FCOPY subsystem, you can issue any MPE command that does not
create another process.  To do so, type a colon immediately after the
FCOPY prompt, and then type the MPE command.  This feature of FCOPY is
handy when you wish to use the FILE command to define the files you
intend to copy.  For example,

     >:FILE PRINTER;DEV=LP 
     >FROM=A;TO=*PRINTER 

Using FCOPY in a Job 

You can use the MPE STREAM command to create jobs that contain FCOPY
commands.  Follow the instructions for streaming jobs in the MPE V/E 
Commands Reference Manual (32033-90006) or the MPE XL Commands Reference 
Manual (32650-90003).  Your job input file may contain MPE FCOPY
commands, FCOPY subsystem commands, or both.  Be sure to provide a
substitute character (usually an exclamation point) for the MPE command
prompt.  Do not enter FCOPY prompts.  For example,

     :STREAM EXAMPLE 
     !JOB FCOPYJOB,JOE.FCOPY.EXAMPLES,STREAM
     !RUN FCOPY.PUB.SYS
     FROM=A;TO=B;NEW
     EXIT
     !FCOPY FROM=B;TO=C;NEW
     !EOJ
     #JI44
     :

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