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VMS Help BACKUP, Qualifiers, /REPLACE *Conan The Librarian |
When you use /REPLACE in a copy or restore operation, and an
identically named file exists in both the input and output
specifiers, BACKUP performs the following tasks:
o Copies or restores a new version of the file with the same
directory specification, file name, type, and version number
o Deletes the copy of the file that previously existed on the
output disk
In this way, the previous copy of the file is replaced with the
restored version. Note that the version number is not incremented
because the old copy of the file is deleted. If you want to keep
the versions from both the input and the output specifiers, use
the output file qualifier /NEW_VERSION.
If you do not use /REPLACE, /OVERLAY, or /NEW_VERSION, and the
version number of the file being restored is identical to the
version number of the existing file, BACKUP reports an error and
does not restore the file.
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