Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Reference Manual page 67

COpy
Chapter 6 / Command Reference
Internal
COpy source pathname [target pathname]
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Copies one or more files: (1) to the same directory (as the
source), giving the new file a different filename or (2) to another
directory on any disk, giving the new file the same or a different
filename.
Parameters
source pathname is the file to be copied.
target pathname is the name and destination to be given the
newly created file.
If you omit the filename from the target pathname, MS-DOS
assumes you want to give the new file the same filename as the
source file.
IA
tells MS-DOS to treat the file as an ASCII file (also called a
text file) when used with a source file. MS-DOS copies only to
the first end-of-file (EOF) character.
IA
tells MS-DOS to add an EOF character to the end of the file
when used with the target file.
IB tells MS-DOS to treat the file as a binary file, such as a pro-
gram file, when used with the source file. Therefore, MS-DOS
copies the entire file. When used with the target file, it tells MS-
DOS not to add an EOF character to the end of the file.
Each of these switches (fA and IB) affects the file immediately
preceding it in the command line and all files following, until
another I A or IB is encountered.
For example, if you type this:
copy thisfde fa thatfile
I
ENTER
I
the I
A parameter affects both files. If you type this:
copy thlsfile fa thatfile fb
I
ENTER
I
the
I
A parameter affects only the file Thisfile.
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