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Conference turris::digital_unix

Title:	DIGITAL UNIX(FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1)
Notice:	Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference
Moderator:	SMURF::DENHAM

Created:	Thu Mar 16 1995
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	10068
Total number of notes:	35879

9826.0. "Tape to Tape copy" by TKOV51::YAMASHIGE (DEC JAPAN) Thu May 15 1997 05:46

If our AlphaServer has two tape drives(TLZ,TZ),
does UNIX support tape to tape copy ?
I hear 'dd' command support it?

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9826.1 Of course. SSDEVO::ROLLOW Dr. File System's Home for Wayward Inodes. Sun May 18 1997 15:26 5

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9826.1	Of course.	SSDEVO::ROLLOW	Dr. File System's Home for Wayward Inodes.	`Sun May 18 1997 15:26`	5
	When you know the block sizes of the tapes involved, dd(1) is very approproate for doing device to device copy. For very general tape copies where you have multiple block sizes or variable length records, you may need a different program.

	When you know the block sizes of the tapes involved, dd(1)
	is very approproate for doing device to device copy.  For
	very general tape copies where you have multiple block
	sizes or variable length records, you may need a different
	program.