SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

Procedures under z/OS TAPECOPY Procedure 353
INVOL=volume-serial
specifies the volume serial of the current input tape. Use the INVOL= option when
the JCL DD statement for the input tape specifies deferred mounting (as described
in “PROC TAPECOPY Statement” on page 350), or when you are reusing a DD
statement (and tape drive); that is, the DDname is the same, but you want a
different tape volume on the same unit.
NL
specifies that the input tape is nonlabeled. If LABEL=(,SL) or LABEL=(,BLP) has
been specified in the DD statement for the input tape and the tape is actually
standard labeled, specifying the NL option causes the tape to be treated as if it
were nonlabeled. In this case, any file numbers that are specified in FILES
statements must be physical file numbers, not logical file numbers.
NORER
tells SAS not to specify the "reduced error recovery for tape devices" feature of the
operating environment for the input tape volume. When this option is specified,
some tapes of marginal quality can be read successfully by PROC TAPECOPY
because the error recovery procedures are more extensive. If NORER is specified
in the PROC TAPECOPY statement, then NORER is in effect for all input tape
volumes and INVOL statements.
SL
specifies that the input tape is standard labeled. If you specify LABEL=(,BLP) in
the DD statement for the input tape and specify SL in the INVOL statement,
PROC TAPECOPY verifies that the tape is standard labeled. Do not specify SL
unless the tape is actually standard labeled.
Note: If you do not specify NL or SL in the INVOL statement, the actual input
tape label type determines whether PROC TAPECOPY treats the tape as
nonlabeled or standard labeled, even when LABEL=(,BLP) is specified in the DD
statement. R
FILES Statement
FILES file-numbers;
When you want to copy particular files from an input tape, use the FILES statement to
specify which files you want to copy. Use as many FILES statements as you want. Give
the physical file numbers for nonlabeled tapes or for labeled tapes that are being
treated as nonlabeled. Give the logical file numbers for standard labeled tapes that are
not being treated as nonlabeled, even when the output tape volume is to be nonlabeled
(LABEL=NL). FILE is an alias for the FILES statement.
If you are using only one input tape, the FILES statement(s) can directly follow the
PROC TAPECOPY statement. When you use several input tape volumes, follow each
INVOL statement with the associated FILES statement or statements.
Specifying Individual Files File numbers in a FILES statement can be specified in
any order. For example, you might want to copy file 5 and then file 2 and then file 1, as
in the following example:
proc tapecopy;
files 5 2;
files 1;
run;