Re: How to copy a data area (with one simple command)?

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

 CPY doesn't work with data areas at all, so far as I can tell - I 
tried to CPY a data area to an IFS file, similarly to what you can do 
with a user space. I also tried DSPF on a data area - no go - try it on 
a user space - fantastic!

I don't think he wants to dupe the object, he wants to work with content 
- might want to put it in a data area of a different size.

On 10/1/2010 8:43 AM, Richard Casey wrote:
> Peter,
>
> I thought the following CPY command would work
>
> 	CPY OBJ('/QSYS.LIB/fromlib.LIB/fromarea.DTAARA')
> 	    TOOBJ('/QSYS.LIB/tolib.LIB/toarea.DTAARA')
> 	    REPLACE(*YES)
>
> but I get an "Information passed to this operation was not valid." message
> if the "toarea" data area exists.
>
> Of course CRTDUPOBJ complains that "toarea" already exists!
>
> If you are going to be doing this a lot, you could create your own command
> that would delete the "toarea" if it existed, and then do the CRTDUPOBJ.
>
> Have fun!
>
> Richard
>
>
>
>
>
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> Subject: How to copy a data area (with one simple command)?
>
> Hi list!
>
> I need to know if it is possible to copy the contents of an existing data
> area into another existing data area (same object attributes) and all in one
> single command.
>
> TIA and HAPPY FRIDAY to all!
>
>
> PETER VIDAL
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