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Parameters

Qualifiers

Examples

/ALL

/CONFIRM

MAIL COPY — VMS 5.2

  Copies a message to another folder  without  deleting  it  from  the
  current  folder.   If  the  specified  folder  does not exist, you
  are asked if you want to create it.

  If you want to copy a message to a sequential file (outside of MAIL)
  instead of to a mail file, use the EXTRACT command.

  If you enter the COPY command, supply a folder-name, and then decide
  that you do not want to copy the message, enter CTRL/Z.  CTRL/Z
  aborts the operation and keeps you within MAIL.

   Format:

       COPY folder-name [file-name]

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiersExamples

Parameters

 folder-name

  Indicates the name of the folder to which the message is copied.  If
  the  specified  folder does not exist, it is created.  A folder name
  can be 1 to 39 characters in length.

 file-name

  Indicates the name of the mail file to which the message is  copied.
  If the specified mail file does not exist, it is created.  If a file
  name is omitted, the message is copied to the  specified  folder  in
  the current file.

Qualifiers

Additional information available:

/ALL/CONFIRM

/ALL

 /ALL

 Indicates  that  all  the  currently  selected  messages  are
  to  be  copied  to  another  message folder.  You select a folder by
  entering the SELECT command followed by  the  name  of  the  folder.
  (See the SELECT command for more information.) If the /ALL qualifier
  is omitted, only the current message is copied.

/CONFIRM

 /[NO]CONFIRM

 Determines whether you are queried about creating a new file or folder.
 The default is /CONFIRM.

Examples

  1.
       MAIL> 2
       MAIL> COPY
       _Folder: MEMOS
       _File: <RET>
       MAIL>

  This example shows how to put a copy of a mail message into  another
  folder (MEMOS) in the default mail file.

  2.
       MAIL> 5
       MAIL> COPY
       _Folder: GOLF
       _File: SPORTS

       File SPORTS.MAI does not exist.
       Do you want to create it (Y/N, default is N)? Y
       %MAIL-S-CREATED, DISK$AAAA:[MCFEE]SPORTS.MAI;1
       %MAIL-I-NEWFOLDER, folder GOLF created

  This example shows how to COPY a  message  to  a  new  folder  named
  TENNIS in a new file named SPORTS.

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