The PRODUCT COPY command allows you to compress a sequential kit. If you do not have a kit in sequential format, you must first use the PRODUCT PACKAGE command to create a sequential kit from the product materials. Then you can use the PRODUCT COPY command to convert it to compressed format. You cannot create a kit in compressed format directly from a kit in reference format. Use the /FORMAT qualifier to determine the format of the product kits that you create. Use the /KIT_ATTRIBUTES=FORMAT qualifier to select kits of a particular format to be copied or converted. If you copy a product kit that is signed and has an associated manifest file in the source directory, both the kit and its manifest are copied to the destination directory. A manifest file is used for product kit validation. It must have a file name and file type that match the file specification of the product kit, with _ESW appended to the file type.