HP Integrity NonStop H-Series - Manual (Page 26)

COPY Command
COPY Command
066374 Tandem Computers Incorporated 3–3
COPY Command The COPY command converts a Tandem database file with a record
structure defined by into a unstructured file named
with the specified .
PCFORMAT [/OUT ,error file>/]
COPY (FORMAT [,options])
where,
FORMAT
selects the format of the output (intermediate) file. can be
ASCII, BASIC, DIF, or SYLK, and one and only one must be selected.
consists of the following pair:
AS
specifies the name of the record in the database dictionary
defining the file type, record fields, and key fields of the
database file to be converted. If the database file is not named
explicitly with the DATAFILE option or a COMINT ASSIGN
command, the file named in is converted. In
this case, if no file is associated with ,
PCFORMAT terminates with an error message.
is the name of the unstructured intermediate file containing the
formatted output. must be a valid Tandem file or
process name and may include a system, volume, and/or
subvolume name (e.g. \SYSTEM.$VOL.SUBVOL.FILE).