How To Copy Files - Sanyo MBC-550 Series User Manual

HOW TO COPY YOUR FILES
Copy Command
Just as with paper files, you often need more than one
copy of a disk files. You should always make back up
copies of all programs in case something happens to
your master. Software is costly.
The COPY command allows you to copy one or more files
to another disk,
different name if you specify the new name in the COPY
command.
You can also give the copy a
The COPY command can also make copies of files on the
same disk. In this case, you must supply a different
filename or you will overwrite the file. You can not
make a copy of a file on the same disk unless you
specify a different filename for the new copy.
The format of the COPY command is:
COPY filespec [filespec]
Examples:
COPY A:MYFILE.TXT A:NEWNAME.TXT
You have duplicated your file on drive A:
two names: MYFILE.TXT and NEWNAME.TXT
It now has
COPY A:MYFILE.TXT B:MYFILE.TXT
Copy the file MYFILE.TXT on the disk in drive A: to a
file named MYFILE.TXT on the disk in drive B:
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