DUMPALL Utility

You can use the SYSTEM/DUMPALL utility to print or copy various kinds of files such as disk files and labeled and unlabeled tape files. The following list provides an idea of what you can accomplish with the DUMPALL utility:

  • You can copy a file from one kind of media, such as tape, to another kind of media, such as disk.

  • When you copy a file, you can specify that the new copy have file attributes that are different from the original file.

  • You can specify that only certain records in a file are to be copied or printed.

  • You can copy records from several different input files to a single output file.

  • You can add records from one or more input files to the end of an existing disk file.

  • You can copy or print multivolume tape files, and you can copy or print files from multifile tape volumes and unlabeled tape volumes.

  • You can create multivolume tape files, multifile tape volumes, and unlabeled tape volumes.

  • You can copy or print files located on other host systems.