Examples

   (1) CMS> COPY ELEMENT INIT.FOR INITX.FOR "experimental version"
       %CMS-S-COPIED, element DISKX:[PROJECT.CMSLIB]INIT.FOR copied 
       to INITX.FOR

     This command creates a new element named INITX.FOR in the same
     library as the old element.


   (2) $ CREATE/DIRECTORY [RELEASE.CMSLIB]
       $ CMS
       CMS> CREATE LIBRARY [RELEASE.CMSLIB] "follows development library"
       %CMS-S-CREATED, CMS Library DISKX:[RELEASE.CMSLIB] created

       CMS> COPY ELEMENT *.*/LIBRARY=[PROJECT.CMSLIB] *.* "loading 
       elements"
       %CMS-I-COPIED, element DISKX:[PROJECT.CMSLIB]INIT.FOR copied to
       DISKX:[RELEASE.CMSLIB]INIT.FOR
       %CMS-I-COPIED, element DISKX:[PROJECT.CMSLIB]INITX.FOR copied to
       DISKX:[RELEASE.CMSLIB]INITX.FOR
       %CMS-I-COPIED, element DISKX:[PROJECT.CMSLIB]MSGDOC.FOR copied to
       DISKX:[RELEASE.CMSLIB]MSGDOC.FOR
       %CMS-I-COPIED, element DISKX:[PROJECT.CMSLIB]OUTPUT.FOR copied to
       DISKX:[RELEASE.CMSLIB]OUTPUT.FOR
       %CMS-I-COPIED, element DISKX:[PROJECT.CMSLIB]SEARCH.FOR copied to
       DISKX:[RELEASE.CMSLIB]SEARCH.FOR
       %CMS-I-COPIED, element DISKX:[PROJECT.CMSLIB]ARGCHK.FOR copied to
       DISKX:[RELEASE.CMSLIB]ARGCHK.FOR
       %CMS-S-COPIES, 6 copies completed

       CMS> SHOW HISTORY
       History of CMS Library DISKX:[RELEASE.CMSLIB]
         9-MAY-1988 11:23:43 SMITH CREATE LIBRARY DISKX:[RELEASE.CMSLIB] 
               "follows development library"
         9-MAY-1988 11:26:00 SMITH COPY 
               ELEMENT/LIBRARY=DISKX:[PROJECT.CMSLIB] 
               INIT.FOR INIT.FOR "loading elements"
         9-MAY-1988 11:26:04 SMITH COPY 
               ELEMENT/LIBRARY=DISKX:[PROJECT.CMSLIB] 
               INITX.FOR INITX.FOR "loading elements"
         9-MAY-1988 11:26:07 SMITH COPY 
               ELEMENT/LIBRARY=DISKX:[PROJECT.CMSLIB] 
               MSGDOC.FOR MSGDOC.FOR "loading elements"
         9-MAY-1988 11:26:15 SMITH COPY 
               ELEMENT/LIBRARY=DISKX:[PROJECT.CMSLIB] 
               OUTPUT.FOR OUTPUT.FOR "loading elements"
         9-MAY-1988 11:26:17 SMITH COPY 
               ELEMENT/LIBRARY=DISKX:[PROJECT.CMSLIB] 
               SEARCH.FOR SEARCH.FOR "loading elements"
         9-MAY-1988 11:26:19 SMITH COPY 
               ELEMENT/LIBRARY=DISKX:[PROJECT.CMSLIB] 
               ARGCHK.FOR ARGCHK.FOR "loading elements"
       CMS> SHOW GENERATION/DESCENDANTS INIT.FOR
       Element generations in CMS Library DISKX:[RELEASE.CMSLIB]
       INIT.FOR
         2      6-MAR-1988 17:34:04 SMITH "header offset and additional 
                    free space added"
         1      6-MAR-1988 17:26:10 SMITH "initialization routines"

     This example creates a new directory for a new library,
     and then copies all of the elements from the library
     [PROJECT.CMSLIB] into the new library [RELEASE.CMSLIB].
     Because the new elements are being created in a separate
     library, CMS can create new elements with the same names as
     the old elements; thus, a null string may be entered for the
     second parameter (for the new element name). In this case,
     CMS supplies the value *.*.

     The SHOW HISTORY command that is executed after the copy
     transaction indicates that the library history contains only
     records of transactions performed on the new library (CREATE
     LIBRARY and COPY transactions). The SHOW GENERATION/DESCENDANTS
     command shows the generation history for one of the elements.
     The COPY ELEMENT transaction preserves the generation history
     for each element; thus, the record of replacement transactions
     (also the CREATE ELEMENT transaction that produced generation 1
     of the element) is maintained from the old element to the new.