AutoTMF Software User's Guide (Update 11)
NonStop AutoTMF Software Commands
HP NonStop AutoTMF Software User’s Guide—429952-013
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COPY
FIRST ordinal-record-num
the starting record of the input file to copy. If omitted, the copy starts at the first 
record or row in the input file.
ordinal-record-num
the number of records or rows from the beginning of the file that are to 
be skipped. The first record in a file is record zero.
KEY { record-spec | key-value } 
the primary key value for the starting record or row of a structured disk file.
record-spec is an integer on the range of 0 to 4294967295.
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for unstructured files, record-spec is the starting relative byte address.
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for relative files, record-spec is the starting record number
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for entry-sequenced files, record-spec is the ordinal-record-number 
key-value applies only to key-sequenced files and specifies the 
approximate position of the starting record; key-value is specified as a 
string or as integer byte values in the range of 0 to 255.
 The key-value is entered as follows:
 "[" { string } [, { string } ] "]"
 { 0:255 } [ { 0,255 } ]
where the integers represent the byte values. To specify a list of strings, 
enclose each string in quotation marks separated by a comma and enclose 
the list in square brackets.
 key-specifier 
the alternate key tag (a 2-byte string or a 16-bit integer) designating the 
alternate key to be used for positioning.
ALTKEY key-value [, key-value ] 
the alternate key of the starting record or row. The format of key-value is 
described above.
UPSHIFT
convert lowercase characters to uppercase.
in-options 
BLOCKIN n
number of bytes between 1 and 32767 in an input block that is requested in a 
single physical read operation. When BLOCKIN is not specified, the RECIN 










