tso copy in the foreground

[dot1q3]

i'm trying to use smcopy to copy datasets. here's my syntax

smc fds(mydataset.data1) tds(mydataset.data2)

i'm getting the following error:

smcopy record format of data set not consistent with operation being performed

i see the new mydataset.data2 was created but it's empty.

what could be wrong.

is there any other copy utilities that i can copy in the foreground?

[Anuj Dhawan]

Hi and welcome to the site,

I've not used session manager in ages. Do you really need to use Session Manager to do this? Possibly, you use ISPF 3.3 instead?

[dot1q3]

sometimes i just want to copy a single dataset w/o going to a panel or batch job. just want to do on the command line. i think tso copy also works

[Anuj Dhawan]

Yes, TSO COPY is another option. I'm fond of ISPF 3.3 though.