Parameters and Commands › COPY Statement

COPY Statement

The COPY statement is required; at least one COPY statement must be entered along with the PROCESS statement (unless RPT or RESTART is specified on the PROCESS statement).

Use the COPY statement to:

• Identify an area to be reorganized.
• Establish the priority for storing records on their target pages.
• Control fragmentation of CALC records and sorted VIA records, if fragmentation is necessary.
• Reserve space for future insertions of VIA records.

COPY Statement Syntax: