Hmmm... "works for me":
988/COREDEV/TEMPTE:echo data>file
988/COREDEV/TEMPTE:copy file,file2
988/COREDEV/TEMPTE:copy file,file2
Purge old "FILE2.TEMPTE.COREDEV"?n
No copy was done. (CIERR 9113)

988/COREDEV/TEMPTE:echo alternate data>file3
988/COREDEV/TEMPTE:copy ./FILE3,file2
Purge old "FILE2.TEMPTE.COREDEV"?n
No copy was done. (CIERR 9113)

988/COREDEV/TEMPTE:echo posix data >./file4
988/COREDEV/TEMPTE:copy ./file4,file2
Purge old "FILE2.TEMPTE.COREDEV"?n
No copy was done. (CIERR 9113)

988/COREDEV/TEMPTE:copy ./file4,./file5
988/COREDEV/TEMPTE:copy ./file4,./file5
Purge old "./file5"?n
No copy was done. (CIERR 9113)

988/COREDEV/TEMPTE:showme
USER: #S49,MGR.COREDEV,TEMPTE      (NOT IN BREAK)
RELEASE: C.65.00   MPE/iX HP31900 C.25.06   USER VERSION: C.65.00

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shahan, Ray [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> I was copying some files while in MPE from a POSIX 
> directory/file to an MPE file. ...
> [the check] to see if the receiving  file already exists was 
> circumvented...ouch!
> 
> COPY /DEVRNS/DATAWORK/CMF_ITEMS/ITEM-ATTRIBUTES_PRN,TRANSFER
> COPY /DEVRNS/DATAWORK/CMF_ITEMS/ITEM-ATTRIBUTES_PRN,TRANSFER
> 
> As in the example (cut-paste from live system), MPE just did 
> the copy.   :-(

You weren't in MPE-X-, perhaps?  [MPEX allows you to set per-command "defaults", such as ";yes", so you don't have to remember to include them every time]  Also, my testing above was interactive -- it is possible this operates differently "in batch" -- ymmv [but shouldn't ;) ]

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