-filecopy
Perform a physical file copy.
Usage
ctutil -filecopy source_file dest_file [-overwrite] |
• source_file is the name of the c-tree file to copy.
• dest_file is the name of the new file.
• -overwrite deletes existing dest_file before copying.
The command is not dependent on the configuration file.
-filecopy vs -copy
The
-copy option creates a copy of a file by building it record-by-record, which creates a new file based on the configuration settings. The
-filecopy option makes an exact copy of the source file, which can be faster than the
-copy option.
The difference between these options is that the
-copy option creates the destination file based on the configuration setting while the
-filecopy option creates an exact copy of the source file.
Both approaches have limitations and advantages:
• -filecopy is faster than
-copy and provides an exact copy of the file.
• -copy may be helpful when you need to change file characteristics.