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If
you
want
to
move one
file
from A
to
B (in
the
same user area), enter:
A>PIP
B:=A:SAMpLE.DOC [RETURN]
The
next
time
you
enter
DIR on
the
B drive, you will
see
SAMPLE.DOC in
the
directory.
But
what
if
you want
to
make an
extra
copy of a file, will'} a
different
na..'lle?
Let's
say you want
to
make a spare copy of
the
file
SAMPLE.DOC,
but
you
want
to
change
the
extension
to
.OLD. The command line
for
that
is:
A>PIP SAMPLE.OLD=SAMPLE.DOC [RETURN]
In which
disk
drive would
the
.OLD file- end up? (Drive A, of course. Since
you didn't specify another,
the
program assumes you
are
copying
within
the
same surface.)
All of
these
possibilities
can
be used in combination. So
the
full PIP command
line (with all available options) is as follows:
PIP <disk:Xtarget.ext>=<disk:Xsouree.ext><[G,]X[v1>
The
[V]
(for verify) option may be useful
to
you.
It
tells
the
program
to
make
a
final
check
for
an
accurate
copy.
It
does slow
the
operation significantly,
but
it
may
be
important
for
those
''better
safe
than
sorry!! operations
(such
as
. copying a backup diskette).
The
[G,]
option
tells
the
BDOS
to
go
to
the
u.ser
area
indicated
by
the
number sign
un.
When
working between user
areas,
PIP
can
only "pull"
to
the
current
area,
it
cannot "push"
to
another.
You
need
to
be
logged
into
the
target
user
area,
then
enter
the
option
fg'], substituting
the
actual
number
(between
0 and 15) of
the
user
area
where
the
information is stored.
The
svstem
assumes, as a default,
that
vou
want
the
information
to
end up in
the
same
user
area
from which you
are
working.
As
an example:
If
you
are
working
in User 5 of
the
A drive, and you
want
to
copy a backup
onto a floppy
diskette
in
the
C
drive,
you would
first
insert
a
formatted
diskette
in
Drive
C.
To
copy
the information
to
the
floppy, you have two choices:
to
copy
to
User
Area
5 (which is the
area
you
are
logged in on
the
A drive), or
to
some
other
User Area. Here
is
how
you would accomplish
each
choice:
IX-28
a. To
copy
to
User
Area
50n
the
C
drive
from
User
Area
5
of
the
A
drive, enter:
A>PlP C:=A:SAMPLE.DQC [RETURN]
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