CTBDBVCP – Copy Variables or Groups to another File

The CTBDBVCP utility copies the contents of specified group or variable files (meaning, data from source files) to another set of group or variable files (meaning, target files). All relevant aspects of the variables are copied, including definitions, generations and group information.

The sizes of the source and target files can differ. Therefore, the CTBDBVCP utility is useful for increasing the size of variable files. Usually, this utility copies variables from source files to larger target files.

Copying variables is composed of the following stages:

• Create and format a new set of group or variable files (target files).
• Copy the data from the source files to the newly created target group or variable files.
• Delete the source files.

It is possible to copy all variables, groups of variables (with a common group name prefix), or one or more variables of the same group (with a common variable name prefix) in one activation of the CTBDBVCP utility.