The copydb utility is modified to include several options and flags that modify the copy.in and copy.out scripts based on user requirements. The user can specify the order in which the copy and modify statements are written to the copy.in script, for example, whether to copy the data into the tables and then run a modify statement or the other way around. Other examples include the ability to remove hard-coded paths to the copy scripts, exclusion of location names, and exclusion of user-specific permissions such as grant statements.