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Copy a data set to another data set

Usage

zowe zos-files copy data-set <fromDataSetName> <toDataSetName> [options]

Positional Arguments

• fromDataSetName (string)

  • The name of the data set that you want to copy from

• toDataSetName (string)

  • The name of the data set that you want to copy to (data set must be preallocated)

Options

• --replace | --rep (boolean)

  • Specify this option as true if you wish to replace like-named members in the target dataset

• --response-timeout | --rto (number)

  • The maximum amount of time in seconds the z/OSMF Files TSO servlet should run before returning a response. Any request exceeding this amount of time will be terminated and return an error. Allowed values: 5 - 600

Zosmf Connection Options

• --host | -H (string)

  • The z/OSMF server host name.

• --port | -P (number)

  • The z/OSMF server port.

    Default value: 443

• --user | -u (string)

  • Mainframe (z/OSMF) user name, which can be the same as your TSO login.

• --password | --pass | --pw (string)

  • Mainframe (z/OSMF) password, which can be the same as your TSO password.

• --reject-unauthorized | --ru (boolean)

  • Reject self-signed certificates.

    Default value: true

• --base-path | --bp (string)

  • The base path for your API mediation layer instance. Specify this option to prepend the base path to all z/OSMF resources when making REST requests. Do not specify this option if you are not using an API mediation layer.

• --protocol (string)

  • The protocol used (HTTP or HTTPS)

    Default value: https
    Allowed values: http, https

• --cert-file (local file path)

  • The file path to a certificate file to use for authentication

• --cert-key-file (local file path)

  • The file path to a certificate key file to use for authentication

Profile Options

• --zosmf-profile | --zosmf-p (string)

  • The name of a (zosmf) profile to load for this command execution.

• --base-profile | --base-p (string)

  • The name of a (base) profile to load for this command execution.

Base Connection Options

• --token-type | --tt (string)

  • The type of token to get and use for the API. Omit this option to use the default token type, which is provided by 'zowe auth login'.

• --token-value | --tv (string)

  • The value of the token to pass to the API.

Examples

• Copy the data set named 'USER.FROM.SET' to the data set named 'USER.TO.SET':

  • zowe zos-files copy data-set "USER.FROM.SET" "USER.TO.SET" Copy

• Copy the data set member named 'USER.FROM.SET(MEM1)' to the data set member named 'USER.TO.SET(MEM2)':

  • zowe zos-files copy data-set "USER.FROM.SET(mem1)" "USER.TO.SET(mem2)" Copy

• Copy the data set named 'USER.FROM.SET' to the data set member named 'USER.TO.SET(MEM2)':

  • zowe zos-files copy data-set "USER.FROM.SET" "USER.TO.SET(mem2)" Copy

• Copy the data set member named 'USER.FROM.SET(MEM1)' to the data set named 'USER.TO.SET':

  • zowe zos-files copy data-set "USER.FROM.SET(mem1)" "USER.TO.SET" Copy

• Copy the data set named 'USER.FROM.SET' to the data set named 'USER.TO.SET' and replace like-named members:

  • zowe zos-files copy data-set "USER.FROM.SET" "USER.TO.SET" --replace Copy