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  2.  C O P Y  COMMAND                                                             
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  4.                                                                               
  5.  Purpose: Copies one or more files to the specified disk.                     
  6.                                                                               
  7.  Format:  COPY [d:][path]filename[.ext] [d:][path][filename[.ext]]            
  8.                                                                               
  9.  Remarks: The first file specified is the source file.  The second file spec- 
  10.           ified is the target file.  If the second parameter is a directory   
  11.           (path with no filename), files are copied into that directory with- 
  12.           out changing their names.                                           
  13.                                                                               
  14.           Note: COPY is not the same as BACKUP.  Use BACKUP if you want all   
  15.           files, including subdirectories to be copied. Also using BACKUP re- 
  16.           quires you to use RESTORE to use the copied file again.  COPY only  
  17.           copies file(s) from the current or specified directory.             
  18.                                                                               
  19.                                                                               
  20.  Example: COPY A:*.* C:\HANDLER  would copy all files from the floppy disk    
  21.           drive A into the directory \HANDLER, using the original filenames.  
  22.                                                                               
  23.           COPY *.* B:  would copy all files in the current directory on the   
  24.           current drive onto the B: drive.                                    
  25.                                                                               
  26.           Note: Whenever the parameter [d:] (drive letter), or [path] (sub-   
  27.           directory name) is left out of almost any DOS command, the current  
  28.           drive and directory is assumed.  Therefore, in the above example,   
  29.           files on the current drive and in the current directory are copied  
  30.           to the B: drive, and placed into the current directory on B:        
  31.