> Would anyone know of a utility/easy-method which will
> allow you to build a clone of an existing file (esp message files)
> but without touching the data ?

:copy file1, file2

works even for message files (yes, I just tested it)

But...COPY won't do *any* file.  It can't copy PRIV files, for example.

<plug> REP, from Lund Performance Solutions (www.lund.com),
handles a lot of files (databases, MSG, flat)
</plug>

MPEX, from VESoft, also handles a lot of files (ditto),
but not files with PRIV_LEVEL 0 or 1 (although those are extremely rare).

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