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 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)

 

Parent topic:

Copying deleted records (COMPRESS parameter)