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The PIP Command CP/M 3 User's Guide
File attributes (DIR, SYS, RO, RW) are transferred with the files.
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If the existing destination file is set to Read-Only (RO), PIP asks you if
you want to delete it. Answer Y or N. Use the [W] option to write over
Read-Only files.
You can include PIP options following each source name. There is one
valid option ([Gn]-go to user number n) for the destination file specification.
Options are enclosed in square brackets. Several options can
be included for the source files. They can be packed together or separated
by spaces. Options can verify that a file was copied correctly,
allow PIP to read a file with the system (SYS) attribute, cause PIP to
write over Read-Only files, cause PIP to put a file into or copy it from
a specified user number, transfer from lower- to upper-case, and much
more.
Examples:
A >PIP B:=A:oldfile.dat
A >PIP B:oldfile.dat=A:
Both forms of this command cause PIP to read the file oldfile.dat from
drive A and put an exact copy of it onto drive B. This is called the
short form of PIP, because the source or destination names only a drive
and does not include a filename. When using this form you cannot copy
a file from one drive and user number to the same drive and user
number. You must put the destination file on a different drive or in a
different user number. (See the section on PIP Options, and the USER
Command.) The second short form produces exactly the same result as
the first one. PIP looks for the file oldfile.dat on drive A, the drive
specified as the source.
A > PIP B:newfile.dat=A:oldfile.dat
This command copies the file oldfile.dat from drive A to drive B and
renames it to newfile.dat. The file remains as oldfile.dat on drive A.
This is the long form of the PIP command, because it names a file on
both sides of the command line.
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