VECTOR
4 USER'S
MANUAL
VECTOR 4 OPERATING
COMMANDS
PIP
B:=A:*.COM
[RETURN]
Another way,
if
there
is
no
si~le
wild card which includes what you
want
but
excludes what you dontt, is
to
enter
the
command:
PIP[RETURN]
Do
not
enter
a
[SPACEl
before
the
[RETURN].
(If
you do, the
screen
says
INVALID
FORMAT:
and returns
to
the command level of Vector 4 CP/M.)
When
the
*
prompt
displays,
you
can
enter
any
valid
PIP command
line
(without having
to
repeat
the
letters
PIP). This saves a
little
time
with
each
entry.
And
of
course,
you
can
still
enter
ambiguous
file
names in
the
command line.
Example:
A>
PIP[RETURN]
*B:=A:*.COM
COPYING:
STAT.COM
PIP.COM
(etc.)
* [RETURN]
A>
To end
the
multiple.PIP
command
line
session,
just
enter a [RETURN]
when you see the * prompt.
Other
Methods
Of
Cqpyigr
FUes
For individual files, you have already learned
the
PIP command. But
there
are
two other ways
of copying
to
a floppy
diskette,
one
for
copying
the
entire
contents
of a
source
floppy in one action, and another for copying
the
entire
contents
of
a
hard
disk
at
once.
Floppies
can
be
reproduced
by
the
DISKCOPY command;
hard
disks
can
be
backed
up
onto
floppy
diskettes
through the
STORE
and
RESTORE
programs.
Tbe
DISKCOPY Command
This
program
provides
you with a
way
to
do quick and complete backup from
floppy
to
floppy. Instead of using PIP
to
move a disk
file
by
file,
you
can
run
DISKCOPY
to
move everything
at
the same time.
It
should
be
used with
caution, however,
it
erases everything on
the
disk being copied to.
Rev. A - 9-01-82
PIN 7100-0001
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