Requirements of COMPRESS(*NO) parameter and the CPYF command

To use COMPRESS(*NO), the conditions discussed in this topic must be true.

• The from-file and to-file must both be physical files.
• The from-file and to-file must both be the same type (either source or data).
• The from-file and to-file must either have identical record formats or you must specify FMTOPT(*NOCHK) to perform the copy.
• You must use all the following (default) parameter values on the copy command:
  • PRINT(*NONE)
  • INCCHAR(*NONE)
  • INCREL(*NONE)
  • SRCOPT(*SAME)
  • ERRLVL(0)