PCFORMAT User's Guide

COPY Command

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PCFORMAT searches the dictionary in the current subvolume for a record

named AUTO-PARTS. If the record is found, the file named in the record is

converted to the BASIC format and named AUTPRTS. If no AUTO-PARTS

record exists, PCFORMAT terminates with an “Invalid record name” error

message.

Dictionary Not In Current

Subvolume

When the database dictionary is not in the current subvolume, the

DICTIONARY option is available so that you can enter the COPY command

without changing subvolumes. For example:

:PCFORMAT COPY (FORMAT ASCII, DICTIONARY

$VOL.SUBVOL.DATAFILE PARTS12) TRUCK-PARTS AS

TRKPRTS

PCFORMAT searches the dictionary of $VOL.SUBVOL for a record named

TRUCK-PARTS. When the record is found, it is used to convert the data

file PARTS12 from the current subvolume into ASCII format. The result is

saved as TRKPRTS in the current subvolume.

The same result can be accomplished without the DICTIONARY option by

moving to subvolume $VOL.SUBVOL (with the dictionary) and entering

the following command:

:PCFORMAT COPY (FORMAT ASCII, DATAFILE

$VOL1.SUBVOL1.PARTS12) TRUCK-PARTS AS

$VOL1.SUBVOL1.TRKPRTS

$VOL1.SUBVOL1 was the current subvolume before the move to

$VOL.SUBVOL.

PURGE and NOHEADING

Options

When the same COPY command is used periodically to retrieve the latest

information from the Tandem database, the PURGE option should be used

so the old data is replaced with the new in <output file>. For example:

:PCFORMAT COPY (FORMAT DIF, PURGE) AIR-PARTS AS

$VOL.SUBVOL.AIRPRTS

The existing file AIRPRTS on $VOL.SUBVOL is purged and replaced with

the new DIF formatted data from the database file named in record

AIR-PARTS.