Copy (command)

Last updated

copy
Developer(s) DEC, Intel, MetaComCo, Heath Company, Zilog, Microware, HP, Microsoft, IBM, DR, TSL, Datalight, Novell, Toshiba
Operating system RT-11, OS/8, RSX-11, ISIS-II, iRMX 86, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, OpenVMS, TRIPOS, HDOS, DOS, MSX-DOS, FlexOS, 4680 OS, 4690 OS, PC-MOS, Z80-RIO, OS-9, MPE/iX, OS/2, Windows, ReactOS, SymbOS, DexOS
Type Command
License HDOS: PD
MS-DOS: MIT
PC-MOS: GPL v3
ReactOS: GPL v2

copy is a shell command for copying files. [1] [2]

Different implementations provide various capabilities, such as:

Contents

Implementations

The command is available in RT-11, [3] OS/8, [4] RSX-11, [5] ISIS-II, [6] iRMX 86, [7] TOPS-10, [8] TOPS-20, [9] OpenVMS, [10] MetaComCo TRIPOS, [11] HDOS, [12] Z80-RIO, [13] OS-9, [14] DOS, FlexOS, [15] 4690 OS, [16] PC-MOS, [17] HP MPE/iX, [18] OS/2, [19] Windows, [20] ROM-DOS, [21] ReactOS, [22] SymbOS, DexOS, and 86-DOS. [23]

Under IBM PC DOS/MS-DOS the command is available since version 1. [24]

Some shells provide a copy command with a different name. In Unix-based systems, the copy command is cp . In CP/M, the command is PIP . in OpenVOS, the command is copy_file. [25]

DOS

The following copies existing file fromfile to path tofile.

copy fromfile tofile

A file can be copied to a device. The following sends a file to the printer on lpt1.

copy letter.txt lpt1

The following outputs to stdout, like the type command.

copy letter.txt con

The following concatenates the page# files into book.txt like cat .

copy page1.txt+page2.txt book.txt

The command can copy files between drives.

The following uses text mode to copy text of the file; stopping when it reaches an EOF character.

copy /a doc1.txt + doc2.txt doc3.txt copy /a *.txt doc3.txt

The following uses binary mode; concatenating files in their entirety; ignoring EOF characters.

copy /b image1.jpg + image2.jpg image3.jpg

See also

References

  1. "Microsoft TechNet Copy article". 2009-09-11.
  2. Rügheimer, Hannes; Spanik, Christian (1988-09-14). AmigaDOS quick reference. Grand Rapids, Mi : Abacus. ISBN   9781557550491 via Internet Archive.
  3. "RT-11 HELP FILE". paleoferrosaurus.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  4. "Concise Command Language" (CCL). "OS/8 Handbook" (PDF). April 1974. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  5. John F. Pieper (1987). RSX A Guide for Users (PDF). Digital Equipment Corporation. ISBN   0-932376-90-8 . Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  6. ISIS II Users Guide
  7. "intel :: iRMX :: 146194-001 irmxR6Intro" via Internet Archive.
  8. TOPS-10 Operating System Commands Manual (PDF). Digital Equipment Corporation. August 1980. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
  9. "TOPS-20 Command manual" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  10. "OpenVMS User's Manual". www.itec.suny.edu.[ permanent dead link ]
  11. "Operating manual" (PDF). www.pagetable.com. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  12. Heath Company. "Software Reference Manual HDOS SYSTEM Chapter 2 General Operations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  13. Z80-RIO OPERATING SYSTEM USER'S MANUAL
  14. Paul S. Dayan (1992). The OS-9 Guru - 1 : The Facts. Galactic Industrial Limited. ISBN   0-9519228-0-7.
  15. "FlexOS User's Guide" (PDF). www.bitsavers.org. 1986. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-08. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  16. [ dead link ]
  17. "roelandjansen/pcmos386v501". GitHub. 2022-01-02.
  18. "MPE/iX Command Reference Manual" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  19. "OS/2 Commands: Copy". Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  20. "copy". docs.microsoft.com. 2023-02-03.
  21. "Datalight ROM-DOS User's Guide" (PDF). www.datalight.com.
  22. "reactos/reactos". GitHub. 2022-01-03.
  23. 86-DOS - Disk Operating System for the 8086 - User's Manual (PDF). Version 0.3 (Preliminary ed.). Seattle, Washington, USA: Seattle Computer Products, Inc. 1980. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2019-07-14. (59 pages)
  24. Wolverton, Van (2003). Running MS-DOS Version 6.22 (20th Anniversary Edition), 6th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN   0-7356-1812-7.
  25. "OpenVOS Commands Reference Manual" (PDF). stratadoc.stratus.com. Retrieved 2020-09-14.

Further reading