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- DiskCopy (1.2 in C: Directory) (1.3, 2.x, 3.x
- internal)
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- NAME
- Diskcopy - Copies entire diskettes.
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- SYNOPSIS
- DiskCopy FROM (source drive) TO (Destination drive)
- NAME (VolumeName) VERIFY MULTI
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- Other computer systems require you to format a disk
- before you make copies of old data. The Amiga lets you
- copy to a disk that has information already stored on it.
- All that old information will be lost though. This lets
- you make backups of all important disk while helping you
- dispose of files that you no longer use.
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- DiskCopy is very useful because it takes just as much
- time to format a blank disk as it does to perform a
- diskcopy. But, if you only have a few files you wish to
- copy, it may be quicker to just delete the files on the
- destination disk you don't need using the delete command
- then using the Copy command to transfer the ones you
- want.
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- DiskCopy can also be used devices of different types.
- For instance you can copy between Ram: and Rad:. Or, df2:
- and Ram. But, for it to work with Rad:, Rad: must contain
- the same number of tracks (80) and blocks per track (11)
- as a floppy device.
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- KEYWORDS
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- FROM
- This is the source, or the device you are copying
- from. If you only have one disk drive, this will be df0:
- or the actual name of the disk mounted there (eg
- MyDisk:). It can also be df1:, df2:, df3:, or df4: (if
- you actually have these optional drives). OR, it can be
- the RAD: or RAM: drive as stated before. Remember you
- RAD: must be created in the same nature as a regular disk
- drive for this to work.
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- TO
- This is the desitination, or the device you are copying
- to. If you have only one diskdrive the copy may take quite
- a few disk swaps. This is because the contents of the source
- disk gets buffered into ram: before getting transferred to
- the destination disk. If you have an original 256K A1000,
- this may take up to eight swaps. If you have an unexpanded
- A500, you're looking at about three swaps. If you have one
- meg of ram, you should not need to swap more than once.
- If you have two diskdrives you are the lucky one. This is
- because you will not have to make any swaps either because
- the data is passed straight through between the drives.
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- If you have 1.3 the TO keyword is mandetory! The command
- will not function without it. But, under 2.x/3.x you do not
- need to put this keyword.
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- NAME
- This is the name you are giving to the new copy. If you
- don't give a name, then the new volume will have the same
- name as the original. Despite the names being the same,
- there is some 'hidden' information on the disk which will
- distinguish the two disks from each other.
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- When diskcopy is stared, and the disks are being copied
- a neat little status bar opens up on your window showing
- you the progress as all 80 tracks are copied. YOu can
- cancel this process at any time by hitting the control
- break keys: Ctrl-C and then Return. If you hit these keys
- after the copying has already started, all information on
- the destination disk will be lost. The destination disk
- will also be rendered useless until it is formatted or
- diskcopied again.
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- NOVERIFY
- As AmigaDOS copies a disk, it verifies each sector
- after it formats it. If you don't want AmigaDOS to check
- its steps, then use this keyword.
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- There is no point in using this keyword. It is better
- to be safe than sorry. And a few seconds of time spent
- verifying your copying will save you tons of hearache later.
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- MULTI
- Lets you load the entire disk into memory (if there is
- at least 880k of free memory). You can then insert as many
- destination disks as you want making multiple copies. The
- system will prompt you when it is ready for the next disk.
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- EXAMPLES
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- 1. To make a copy from df0: to df1:
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- Diskcopy from df0: to df1: ; for any version of AmigaDOS.
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- Diskcopy from df0: df1: ; for 2.x/3.x only
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- Diskcopy df0: df1: ; for 2.x/3.x only
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