1.$ $ COPY/RECORDABLE_MEDIA - $_ [/BELL] - $_ [/DATA_CHECK=WRITE] - $_ [/DIAGNOSTICS=(DETAILS,COMMANDS,ALL)] - $_ [/EXTENSIONS[=(keywords)]] - $_ [/[NO]LOG] - $_ [/SPEED={1X|2X|4X|8X|16X|32X|MAXIMUM}] - $_ source-path-name target-device-name $ This example shows the generic format of the COPY/RECORDABLE_ MEDIA command. 2.$ COPY/RECORDABLE_MEDIA/FORMAT LDA1 DQA1 VSI OpenVMS CD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW Utility V1.0-3 Copyright 2015 VMS Software, Inc. Output device vendor: HP Output device product name: DVD Writer 740b Commencing media format operation Formatting may require up to an hour Output medium format: DVD+RW Input data being read from: LDA1: Output data being written to: DQA1: Input data size: 1200000 blocks Starting operation at: 15:28:16 16 sectors written 30000 sectors written; estimated completion in 00:06:52; at 15:35:55 37000 sectors written; estimated completion in 00:06:54; at 15:36:07 46000 sectors written; estimated completion in 00:06:36; at 15:36:03 57000 sectors written; estimated completion in 00:06:08; at 15:35:51 71000 sectors written; estimated completion in 00:06:00; at 15:36:04 88000 sectors written; estimated completion in 00:05:26; at 15:35:56 110000 sectors written; estimated completion in 00:04:55; at 15:35:58 137000 sectors written; estimated completion in 00:04:12; at 15:35:56 171000 sectors written; estimated completion in 00:03:14; at 15:35:48 213000 sectors written; estimated completion in 00:02:10; at 15:35:48 266000 sectors written; estimated completion in 00:00:54; at 15:35:50 300000 sectors written; operation completed Operation completed at: 15:35:47 Elapsed time for operation: 00:07:30 Synchronizing with output device cache Processing completed This example demonstrates recording the contents of LDA1: device onto the DVD+RW media loaded into device DQA1:.