File Management - IBM

Table 11. Summary of Copy Functions for Device Files
Inline Data Diskette
Device Files
Tape Printer
Copy Function Parameter From To From To From To From To
Select files FROMFILE X X 1
X
TOFILE X 1
X X
Select members FROMMBR X X
TOMBR X X
Add to or replace
existing records
MBROPT
Create the to-file CRTFILE
Print copied or
excluded records
PRINT 2
X X X X X X
Select by record
format
RCDFMT
Select by relative FROMRCD X X X
record number
TORCD X X X
Select by key field FROMKEY
value
TOKEY
Specify number of
records to copy
NBRRCDS X X X
Select by character
content
INCCHAR X X X
Select by field value INCREL
Process different
database record
formats
FMTOPT
Update sequence
number or date
Specify start value
and increment
Print character or
hex format
Maximum
recoverable errors
allowed
SRCOPT
SRCSEQ
OUTFMT 2
X X X X X X
ERRLVL X
Disregard or include COMPRESS
deleted records
Note:
1
If the from-file and to-file are diskette files, you must specify that the to-file be spooled [SPOOL(*YES)] on a
CRTDKTF, CHGDKTF, or OVRDKTF command.
2
You can specify a program-described printer file so that the copy will produce a list with no special
formatting or page headings, or you can specify TOFILE(*PRINT) to produce a formatted list. You can
specify PRINT(*COPIED) to produce a formatted list of the copied records, you can specify PRINT(*EXCLD)
to produce a formatted list of the records excluded by the INCCHAR or INCREL parameter, and you can
specify PRINT(*ERROR) to produce a formatted list of records causing ERRLVL errors. When you request a
list by specifying the TOFILE(*PRINT) parameter, the OUTFMT parameter specifies whether the data is
printed in character or in both character and hexadecimal form.
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