Copying Lawson Data with dbcopy

Use the dbcopy command to copy data from one data area (the SourceDataArea) to another (the DestinationDataArea).

To copy data

At a command prompt, type:

dbcopy [-cdpfiRt] [-I FieldDataFile] [-S SourceDirectory] [-D DestinationDirectory] SourceDataArea DestinationDataArea [FileName|SystemCode ...]

where the following program options may be used.


Program Option	Description
`c`	Convert data where the two files do not exactly match. Columns in both files are copied and columns only in the destination file are set to the default value. If the files are the same, no conversion is done.
`d`	Delete the file and indexes from the destination data area database (if they exist), create the file in the database, copy the data, and then create the indexes after copying.
`p`	Precreate indexes before copying. Only use with `-d`.
`f`	Fix records while copying.
`i`	Ignore errors while copying.
`R`	Reject records with bad keys while copying.
`t`	Truncate the file in the destination data area database prior to copying the data.
`I FieldDataFile`	Read data to initialize destination file fields. The format for the data in `FieldDataFile` is `FileName FieldName FieldOccurrence FieldValue`. The data in `FieldDataFile` may be space, tab, or comma-delimited. Each entry (row) is delimited by a newline character. If `FieldName` in `FieldDataFile` exists in both source and destination data areas, then the corresponding `FieldValue` overrides the value read in from the source database.
`FileName`	The file in the destination data area that this row contains a default value for.
`FieldName`	The name of a field in `FileName` that this row contains a default value for.
`FieldOccurrence`	The field's occurrence. Set this option to 1 (one) or higher.
`FieldValue`	The default value you want to populate `FieldName`.
`S`	Read source data from files in the `SourceDirectory` directory.
`D`	Write destination data to files in the `DestinationDirectory` directory.
`V`	Print the version of dbcopy.