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- COPY Used to DUPLICATE files (Format 1), access
- DEVICES (Format 2) and to CONCATENATE (merge)
- files (Format 3).
-
- Format: 1) COPY [/*] SourceFile [/*] [DestFile] [/**]
- 2) COPY [/*] Source [/*] [Dest] [/**]
- 3) COPY [/*] SFile1+SFile2+..[/*] ConFile [/**]
-
- Note: [/*] = /A /B Switches [/**] = /A /B /V Switches
-
- /A when used with SourceFile, Source, or SFile1,
- SFile2, etc. tells DOS to read data up to, but
- not including, the first Ctrl-Z (end-of-file)
- character and to treat the file as an ASCII file.
-
-
- /A when used with DestFile, Dest, or Confile tells
- DOS to write a Ctrl-Z at the end of the file.
- /B when used with SourceFile, Source, or SFile1,
- SFile2, etc. tells DOS to copy the entire file
- up to, and including, the last Ctrl-Z.
-
- /B when used with DestFile, Dest, or ConFile will
- ensure that a Ctrl-Z is NOT written to the file.
-
- /V tells DOS to VERIFY that all of the specified
- files were copied successfully.
-
- [Source] and [Dest] parameters can be either file
- specifications/names or can specify a DEVICE, such
- as CON (monitor), PRN (printer attached to Lpt1), or
- a communications device.
-
- [ConFile] is the concatenated file that is created
- as a result of merging/concatenting the files that
- were specified as SFile1+SFile2+SFile3, etc.
- Example: COPY *.* A:
-
- Creates duplicates (copies) of ALL files contained
- in the CURRENT directory and places them on the
- diskette residing on drive A.
-
- Example: COPY MYFILE.TXT D:\WPBAK\TEXT
-
- Duplicates the file in the CURRENT directory named
- MYFILE.TXT and places it in the \WPBAK\TEXT sub-
- directory on drive D.
-
- Example: COPY *.TXT *.BAK
-
- Creates duplicates of ALL files that have a .TXT
- ext in the CURRENT directory and RENAMES the new
- files with a *.BAK extention. (You now have a
- complete backup set (.BAK) of all your .TXT files.)
- Example: COPY CON TEXTFILE.TXT
-
- Creates a file named TEXTFILE.TXT that contains the
- keystrokes that you type onto the monitor screen.
- While on a BLANK line, press the F6 key and <ENTER>
- and everything appearing on the screen will be
- copied to a file named TEXTFILE.TXT.
-
- Example: COPY TEXTFILE.TXT LPT1
-
- Sends the contents of TEXTFILE.TXT to the specified
- DEVICE, which in this case is your printer. The
- entire contents of this file will now be printed.
-
- Example: COPY CHAP1.TXT+CHAP2.TXT NOVEL.TXT
-
- Creates a new file named NOVEL.TXT that contains ALL
- of the data from the CHAP1.TXT and CHAP2.TXT files.