BTHSCOPY.CMD is a batch SCOPYing utility written by C.E.Gaumer
for C.E.Gaumer Software.  This routine facilitates SCOPYing
groups of files by allowing the base filename and all the REMARKS to be
specified before beginning the procedure.  These items are specified in a
text file which can be created in an editor which has copy, cut & paste 
and other features that are not available from the command line.  When 
the procedure is run the user is prompted for the diskettes by the 
previously supplied REMARK for easy identification of the correct 
diskette.  The names of the individual SCOPY files are built from the 
base filename specified in the text with the disk number embedded, and 
the REMARK is passed to SCOPY for inclusion into the SCOPY file.  If an 
error occurs during SCOPYing of an individual diskette, the user is 
given the option to immediately retry that diskette without 
interrupting the continuing REXX procedure.



BthScopy is a BaTcH SCOPY procedure for SCOPYing a group 
 of diskettes into files.  The REXX procedure takes a single parameter 
 which is the full name of a file containing the information required 
 to create the SCOPY files.  This file must be an ASCII text file 
 with the information in the file arranged EXACTLY 
 in the order listed below (one entry per line)  
     The diskette drive that will hold the diskettes (with the colon) 
     The base name for the group of files with "*" replacing number(s) 
         the numbers will be one or two digits decided by the number 
         of asterisks in the base filename given 
     The remark for the first file in the group 
     The remark for the second file in the group 
     The remark for the third file in the group 
          continuing for all files in the group 
The example file below is correct for a series of two files which  
will be read from Drive A: to the files PROG1of2.SCP and PROG2of2.SCP 
A: 
PROG*of2 
This is the REMARK for Diskette 1 
Here is the second Diskette Remark 
The numbers included in the filenames are generated and added to the 
 base filename automatically by the REXX procedure  

If the base filename had been specified as PROG**of2 the resulting
filenames for the SCOPY files would be PROG01of2.SCP and PROG02of2.SCP

No parameters other than /R are passed to SCOPY so the user will be 
prompted for permission to overwrite if the target exists.

Although the samples show short filenames, both this procedure and
the OS/2 version of SCOPY support long filenames.

Note the SCOPY.EXE must be in the a pathed directory or the current 
directory.

There is no default extension for the list file.  The name of the text 
file used by BTHSCOPY for its listing must be specified in full on the 
command line.

If you modify this file in some useful way, please send me a copy of 
the modified file.  I am very interested in how users utilize SCOPY 
both with REXX and otherwise.

Comments, questions, etc. may be directed to the author at:

C.E.Gaumer Software
P.O.Box 383
Laurys Station, PA 18059-0383