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Chapter 6 / Command Reference
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COpy source pathnamel [+ source pathname2 ... ]
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[IV]
Combines any number of source files into a target file. The files
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in the order in which you list them. When you com-
bine files, the original source files still exist separately. The
information from them is copied, not moved.
Parameters
IA tells MS-DOS to treat the file as an ASCII file when used
with the source file. MS-DOS copies only the information up to
the first 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, this
parameter 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
follow~ng,
until
another I A or IB is encountered.
For example, if you type this:
copy myflle.txt /a
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salflle.txt onefile.txt
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the IA parameter affects all three files. If, however, you type
this:
copy myflle.txt /a
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salfile.txt /b onefile.txt
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the IA parameter affects only Myfile.txt.
If you omit the IA and IB switches, MS-DOS uses IA. Notice that
this default is the opposite of that for the regular COPY
command.
IV tells MS-DOS to verify that the sectors written to the disk
are recorded properly. This parameter slows the process because
MS-DOS must check each entry recorded on the disk.
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