CL Command Reference - CPYIGCTBL
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Description:
The Copy DBCS Font Table (CPYIGCTBL) command copies part or all of a double-byte character set (DBCS) font table from system storage to tape, diskette, or physical file; or from tape, diskette, or physical file into the font table. Copying a DBCS font table from tape, diskette, or physical file into a font table also puts its definition in the system. DBCS font tables are objects and can be saved and restored.
DBCS font tables contain the images, in a given dot matrix, of the double-byte extension characters used on the system. The system refers to the tables when printing and displaying these characters. There are separate tables for each character image matrix used by devices attached to the system.
Consider the following before entering this command:
. The diskette used in the copy operation must be in the *DATA format. The iSeries Information Center at http://www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries/infocenter has instructions on initializing diskettes in the *DATA format.
. The system creates the DBCS font table in addition to copying it when you specify OPTION(*IN), if the following is true:
¨C The specified table does not already exist in the system.
¨C The tape or diskette that you are copying the table from contains all of the DBCS characters supplied with your system.
¨C SELECT(*ALL) or SELECT(*SYS) was specified.
. Consider copying a DBCS font table to tape or diskette before deleting that table from the system.
Restriction: A physical file used to save and restore table information must have a minimum record length of 74 bytes.
Examples:
CPYIGCTBL IGCTBL(QIGC2424) OPTION(*OUT)
LABEL(*IGCTBL) DEV(QDKT)
This command causes the system to copy the complete Japanese DBCS font table QIGC2424 from the system to the diskette. The name of the label on the diskette is IGC2424.