The DCS grading programs — gcopy

Gcopy copies a mark from one grades file to another.

Usage

gcopy [-?] [-9] [-m markname] [selection options] [tofile fromfile]

Details

Gcopy copies the mark named markname from the grades file fromfile into the grades file tofile. It accepts these options:

-9 Use nine-digit student numbers in the output file, if possible.
-m markname Copy the mark named in markname.
 

You must specify exactly two file names, or none at all. If the file names are omitted, gcopy asks you for them.

If the -m option is omitted, gcopy interrogates you for the mark name. Both files must define a mark by that name, or gcopy fails with an error message.

Separate-line comments are not copied, but if any comments in fromfile mention the mark being copied, a warning is given.

If a mark being copied from fromfile would overwrite a non-empty mark in tofile, the user is asked how to proceed. The choices are to skip the mark in fromfile, or abandon copying.