Key parameters

There are several parameters which you can specify in order to help you select the files that you want copied, and they include:

• Select files to copy (SLTFILE)
• Copy subdirectories (CPYSUBDIR)
• Starting date and time (FROMTIME)

To actually copy a file, it must meet all of the above three requirements.

You can use CPYOPT to perform a backup of your optical volumes, but is not the suggested way of doing so. Remember that CPYOPT works on a file basis, therefore if you are copying a large number of files your CPYOPT request could take hours to complete. What options you specify can also affect how long your copy request could run. The links below discuss key parameters and provide examples of options of how they may affect a copy request.

• Select files to copy
  Use the Select files to copy (SLTFILE) parameter to choose which files you want to copy.
• Copy subdirectories
  Use the Copy subdirectories (CPYSUBDIR) parameter to indicate whether or not to process files in the subdirectories of the specified From path.
• Starting date and time
  The system will use the FROMTIME parameter to determine if a file is eligible for copying based on its creation or modification date.