How do I copy a file in LID?

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mikeP
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    I would like to copy a file in LID. 

    HELP COPY | LASHOW reveals the syntax is the same as Windows:

    Standard Input                                            Line:1        Pct:0%

    Copies one or more files to another location.

    COPY [/D] [/V] [/N] [/Y | /-Y] [/Z] [/L] [/A | /B ] source [/A | /B]

         [+ source [/A | /B] [+ ...]] [destination [/A | /B]]

     

    Yet a simple instance of the command doesn't work.  I know I have rights to this file, because I put it there via a Windows file share.  Trying just the file names, then fully qualified paths, the command (or perhaps the input file) isn't found:

    d:\lawprod\law\eugene\vbs> copy histcopy.wsf test.txt

    copy histcopy.wsf test.txt: Not Found

    d:\lawprod\law\eugene\vbs> ≤eugene\vbs\histcopy.wsf d:\lawprod\law\eugene\vbs\≥

    copy d:\lawprod\law\eugene\vbs\histcopy.wsf d:\lawprod\law\eugene\vbs\test.txt:

    Not Found

    There's no info on file copies in System Utilities Reference Guide, LID Getting Started, etc.

    So how does one copy a file in LID?  This should be so simple.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    EricS
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      Mike, I had a similar problem with simple commands not running in LID. The problem turned out to be that the LAW_UU_ROOT system variable did not match where LUU was actually installed. Try checking the system property against where LUU is installed. That may fix it.
      mikeP
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        Click... [Sound of penny dropping].  

        Thanks Eric, your response made me realize I have to use a Unix cp command to copy a file.

        Yet at the same LID command line where I use the Unix cp command, the HELP command shows the Windows COPY command syntax.

        Any guidelines on when to use Windows vs. Unix syntax?  E.g., I have Windows command files that run from tokens that use the COPY command.