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Re: COPY command issue
From:
Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:18:37 +0000
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In message <[log in to unmask]>, Craig Lalley 
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Brian Donaldson <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2007 10:06:47 AM
>Subject: COPY command issue
>
>I do the following command inside a COBOL program using the COMMAND
>intrinsic:
>
>COPY FROM=O66.out.hpsspool;TO=holdfile;YES
>
>The COMMAND intrinsic failed, returning an error code telling me it
>could not locate the source file.
>***************
>
>Brian,
>
>Unless you have a typo and meant to do an FCOPY,  the copy command 
>above will fail.
>
>COPY 066.OUT.HPSPOOL, holdfile
>
>will work.
>
>-Craig

Even if it was a typo for FCOPY, or even if COPY allowed that syntax, 
the second typo, 'hpsspool' (2 s's) would getcha...

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