Syntax:
/[NO]VERSION
Use /VERSION to copy objects to a directory where an object with the
same name already exists. The new objects in the destination
directory have the same version numbers as the original objects from
which they were copied, regardless of whether you specified version
numbers in the source path names. Unless there is an object in the
destination directory with the same name as an object you are
copying, there is no need to use /VERSION.
Use /NOVERSION to guarantee that the destination directory does not
already contain an object with the same name as the object you are
copying. /NOVERSION is the default.
The results of using the /VERSION qualifier vary depending on the
existing children of the target directory.
o COPY/VERSION copies an object to a destination directory if the
destination directory does not already contain an object with the
same name and same version number as the source object. In this
case, DMU copies the specified version of the object in the
source path name to the destination directory. The new object
has the same version number as the source object.
o COPY/VERSION copies an object to a destination directory and
issues an informational message if the destination directory
already contains an object with the same name and a higher
version number. For example, you specify TEST_REC;2 and the
destination directory contains TEST_REC;3. In this case DMU
creates the object with the same name and version number as the
source object, then issues the informational message.
o COPY/VERSION does not copy an object if the destination directory
contains an object with the same name and version number as the
source object. For example, you specify TEST_REC;2 and the
destination directory already contains TEST_REC;2.
By default, a new version of an object has the same access control
list and history list as the highest existing version of the object
in the destination directory. You can copy the access control list
from the source by using the /PROTECTION qualifier with /VERSION. To
copy the access control list, you must have CONTROL (C) privilege at
the highest existing version of the object in the destination
directory. You can copy the history list from the source by using
/HISTORY with /VERSION.