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The PIP Command CP/M 3 User's Guide
A > PI P B: =A:
This command causes PIP to copy all the files on drive A to drive B.
You can use this command to make a back-up copy of your distribution
disk. Note, however, that this command does not copy the CP/M 3
system from the system tracks. COPYSYS copies the system for you.
A>PIP B:=A:PROG????.*
The preceding command copies all files whose filenames be in with PROG
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from drive A to drive B.
A>PIP B:[GI]=A:*.BAS
This command causes PIP to copy all the files with a filetype of BAS on
drive A in the default user number (user 0) to drive B in user number 1.
Remember that the DIR, TYPE, ERASE, and other commands only access
files in the same user number from which they were invoked. (See the
USER Command.)
Combining Files
Syntax: PIP dest-filespec{[Gn]} = src-filespec{[o]}, src-filespec{[o]}{,...}
Explanation: This form of the PIP command lets you specify two or more files in the
source. PIP copies the files specified in the source from left to right and
combines them into one file with the name indicated by the destination
file specification. This procedure is called file concatenation. You can use
the [Gn] option after the destination file to place it in the user number
specified by n. You can specify one or more options for each source file.
Some of the options force PIP to copy files character-by-character. In
these cases, PIP looks for a CTRL-Z character to determine where the
end of the file is. All of the PIP options force a character transfer except
the following:
A, C, Gn, K, O, R, V, and W.
Copying data to or from logical devices also forces a character transfer.
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