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."