TACL Reference Manual

UTILS:TACL Commands and Functions

HP NonStop TACL Reference Manual—429513-018

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COPYDUMP Program

Use the COPYDUMP program to copy a tape dump onto a disk file or to compress an

existing disk dump file that is not compressed.

run-option

is any of the options described for the RUN[D|V] Command on page 8-156.

source-file

specifies the dump file that is to be copied and compressed. Specify either the

name of the tape device where the tape dump file is located or the name of a disk

dump file you want to copy.

If source-file is a disk file, it must be created by using the RCVDUMP program

or the RECEIVEDUMP TACL command. If source-file is a tape file, it must be

created by performing a tape dump.

dest-file

specifies the destination file of the COPYDUMP operation. Specify the name of a

disk file. If this disk file does not exist, it is created during the COPYDUMP

operation. If this disk file does exist, it must be empty (0 EOF) and have file code

9614.

Considerations

COPYDUMP is not supported on H-series systems.

You can also use FUP (CREATE and COPY) to copy tape dump files to disk files. But

COPYDUMP is faster, and generates a smaller disk dump file because it compresses

the dump. Also, COPYDUMP automatically determines the size of the disk dump file,

whereas you must specify the extent size of the disk file if you use FUP. The

COPYDUMP program usually resides in the file $SYSTEM.SYSnn.COPYDUMP.

Examples

If a tape dump file resides on the tape mounted on the tape drive $TAPE2, you can

copy and compress the tape dump file into the disk file $DATA.DUMPS.CPU1 with the

command:

47> COPYDUMP $TAPE2, $DATA.DUMPS.CPU1

To compress the disk dump file $BAS10.DUMPS.CPU3 into the disk file

$BAS10.CDUMPS.CPU3, enter:

48> COPYDUMP $BAS10.DUMPS.CPU3 , $BAS10.CDUMPS.CPU3

COPYDUMP [ / run-option [ , run-option ] ... / ]

source-file , dest-file