Private disks and tapes can be exchanged between BS2000 computer centers. The user can transfer a file to another system only if the user ID of the owner is recorded in this other system. The file is then cataloged under the owner's user ID. For files on private disks, DMS takes the file attributes from the F1 label of the disk, not from a FILE macro or IMPORT-FILE command or from an existing catalog entry.
Transfer to another system can be performed as follows:
If several files on private disks are to be transferred, the IMPORT macro or IMPORT-FILE command, which can process partially qualified file names, can be used.
If only a single file is to be transferred, a FILE macro with the following operands can be used:
pfadname STATE=FOREIGN VOLUME=vsn DEVICE=gerät
Single files can also be transferred with the IMPORT-FILE command. Disk files can be processed by means a FILE or an IMPORT macro, while tapes files can be processed only by means of a FILE macro. Both disk files and tape files can be processed with the IMPORT-FILE command.