Microsoft KB Archive/21294

Variables Prohibited in COPY Command

PSS ID Number: Q21294 Article last modified on 04-21-1993

2.10 2.20 3.00 3.00a 4.00 4.50 MS-DOS

Summary: The COPY command will not allow variable reference of filenames. The following is an example of this problem: 77 copy-mod pic x(7) value “mod1.cpy”. COPY copy-mod. The COPY filename must be hardcoded (i.e., COPY mod1.cpy).

Additional reference words: 2.10 2.20 3.00 3.00a 4.00 4.50 Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.