:PLOAD Command

The :PLOAD command copies a file from backup medium and stores it in the POINTER-FILE of the account currently logged on.

Format

:PLOAD listname

Parameter(s)

listname

Name for the item in the POINTER-FILE that will hold the file copied from backup medium.

Description

Since :PLOAD makes an exact copy of the file, data can be in any format as long as it ends with an End-Of-File (EOF) mark.

DELETE-LIST is the only list-processing command that can be used with items created with :PLOAD.

Copying a Tape File to the POINTER-FILE

The following example copies a file from backup medium to the POINTER-FILE, storing it as the cataloged item CUSTOMERS:

>:PLOAD CUSTOMERS