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COPY Statement

COPY libref.catalog.entry ENTRYTYPE=type DESTCAT=libref.catalog DESTLIB=libref <options>

COPY copies a GIS catalog entry or data set. You can copy a single GIS object or include the dependent entries and data sets referenced by the source.

ENTRYTYPE Argument

ENTRYTYPE=type specifies the type of GIS catalog entry to copy. Values for type are

• GISSPA or SPATIAL

• GISMAP or MAP

• GISLAYER or LAYER

• GISCOVER or COVERAGE

DESTCAT Argument

DESTCAT=libref.catalog specifies the destination for the copied catalog entries.

DESTLIB Argument

DESTLIB=libref specifies the destination for the copied data sets.

Optional Arguments

• BLANK

• REPLACE

• ALIAS=(old-lib-1=new-lib-1 <, ... ,old-lib-n=new-lib-n>)

• SELECT= _ALL_ | ENTRY | DATASETS | SPATIAL | LABEL | OTHER

The following list contains descriptions of additional COPY statement arguments:

BLANK

BLANK specifies that internal pathnames should be cleared in the copied entries.

REPLACE

REPLACE specifies that existing catalog entries and data sets that have the same name as copied entries and data sets should be overwritten.

ALIAS

ALIAS=(old-lib-1=new-lib-1 <, ... ,old-lib-n=new-lib-n>) specifies libref translations. In each pair, new-lib is the libref to which to change and old-lib is the libref to change from.

SELECT

SELECT specifies which data sets or catalog entries referenced by the source entry should be copied. Values for this argument are

_ALL_

copy all dependent catalog entries and data sets. Equivalent to specifying both ENTRY and DATA.

ENTRY

copy all dependent catalog entries

DATA

copy all dependent data sets. Equivalent to specifying SPATIAL, LABEL, and OTHER.

SPATIAL

copy dependent spatial data sets

LABEL

copy dependent label data sets

OTHER

copy other dependent data sets (besides spatial and label data sets), such as linked attribute data sets

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