PATHCOPY

This action moves and clears information between messages with more control than that provided by BULKCOPY. It does not resort to the detail that is required by COPY.

This action expands upon the BULKCOPY and COPY actions. Any unit of hierarchical organization, for example, group, segment, field, and so on, can be addressed in one action statement.

Basically, BULKCOPY copies an entire message format. PATHCOPY copies sections of a message format.

Note: PATHCOPY, by design, only supports copying "input record" to "output record," not "output record" to "input record."