Progress
Database Administration
Guide and Reference
PROCOPY Utility
Copies an existing database.
PROCOPY supports storage areas. Therefore, if a target database exists, it must contain at a minimum the same type and number of storage areas and same extent types as the source database. However, the number of extents in the storage areas of the target database do not need to match the number of extents in the source database. Progress will extend the existing extents in the target database to accommodate the possible increase in size.
If a target database does not exist, PROCOPY creates one using an existing ST file in the target database directory. If an ST file does not exist, PROCOPY creates the target database using the structure of the source database and places all of the extents in the same directory as the target database DB file, even when the source database resides in multiple directories.
SYNTAX
source-db-name
Specifies the Progress database you want to copy. You cannot copy the database if you have a server running on it.
target-db-name
Specifies the structure file or the new database. If you specify a directory without a filename, Progress returns an error.
The value you specify can be any combination of letters and numbers, starting with a letter. Do not use Progress 4GL keywords or special characters, such as commas or semicolons. The maximum length of target-db-name varies depending on the underlying operating system. For specific limits, see Progress Database Limits."
-silent
Suppresses the output of work-in-progress messages.
NOTES
- If you do not supply the .db extension for databases, Progress automatically appends it.
- A target database must contain the same physical structure as the source. For example, it must have the same number of storage areas, records, blocks, and blocksize.
- PROCOPY supports the use of internationalization startup parameters such as
-cpinternal
codepage and-cpstream
codepage. See "Database Startup Parameters," for a description of each database-related internationalization startup parameter.
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