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Section C:
Utility Programs
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$COPY
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A long list, indeed. Let 1 s do a look at the first line:
Command format:
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source destination options or:
*
destination
=
source options
pressing ENTER or a stop character end the program.
This is the approximate format of a command line. A command line must at
least contain two file designations: the first denotes the source, the
second one the destination. For example, if you wanted to copy the file
"$COPY .COM" from A: to B:, your command line would look like:
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A:$COPY.COM B:$COPY.COM
If, on the destintion drive, the file shall have the same name as on the
source drive, you need not fully define the second filename. It suffices
to specify the drive:
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A:$COPY.COM B:
If you are already on drive A: {which means that drive
A:
is indicated
in the system status line on the screen), you may as well omit the first
drive specification:
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$COPY.COM B:
That is the shortest way to go. But if you suppose that, when working on
drive B:, the command line above might as well look like this:
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A:$COPY.COM
then you are wrong, because you must anyway specify two file designa-
tions.
For those users who are used to the CP/M PIP utility, a second command
format is allowed: Enter the destination file name first, followed by an
equation character
"="
and then by the source file name:
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B:
=
A:$COPY.COM
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