A Useful Sybase Tool Jul 15th, 2013 defncopy is possibly the best way to retrieve a script of any Sybase database objects if you do not have access to a decent database development tools such as Aqua Data Studio This utility comes with Sybase distribution. Here is its usage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 $ defncopy defncopy Syntax Error Usage: defncopy [-v] [-W] [-X] [-a <display_charset>] [-I <interfaces_file>] [-J [<client_charset>]] [-K <keytab_file>] [-P <password>] [-R <remote_server_principal>] [-S [<server_name>]] [-U <user_name>] [-V <security_options>] [-Z <security_mechanism>] [-z <language>] { in <file_name> <database_name> | out <file_name> <database_name> [<owner>.]<object_name> [[<owner>.]<object_name>...] }