A COPY source view contains text from the root source member, as well as the text of all /COPY members expanded into the text of the source. When you use the COPY view, you can debug the root source member of the program using the root source view and the /COPY members of the program using the COPY source view.
The view of the root source member generated by DBGVIEW(*COPY) is the same view generated by DBGVIEW(*SOURCE). As with the root source view, a COPY source view is not available if the source file is a DDM file.
You create a COPY source view to debug a module by using the *COPY or *ALL option on the DBGVIEW parameter.
The compiler creates the COPY view while the module object (*MODULE) is being compiled. The COPY view is created using references to locations of text in the source members (both root source member and /COPY members) rather than copying the text of the members into the view. For this reason, you should not modify, rename, or move source members between the time the module object is created and the debugging of the module created from these members. If you do, the views for these source members may not be usable.
For example, to create a source view of a program TEST1 that contains /COPY members type:
CRTBNDRPG PGM(MYLIB/TEST1) SRCFILE(MYLIB/QRPGLESRC)
TEXT('ILE RPG/400 program TEST1')
DBGVIEW(*COPY)Specifying DBGVIEW(*COPY) with either create command creates a root source view with /COPY members for debugging module TEST1. By default, a compiler listing is produced. The compiler listing will include /COPY members as well, since OPTION(*SHOWCPY) is a default value.