dds-dd - tool to read a dds device.
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Description
dds-dd reads a dds tape devices (DAT). Every block is read and written to stdout. A tape with unknown
block size or blocks of different size can be read.
The default device is /dev/rmt0, which may be overridden with the environment variable TAPE, which in
turn may be overridden with the -fdevice option. The device must be a character special file.
Environment
The environment variable TAPE overrides the default tape device /dev/rmt0.
SEEALSOdds2tar(1), dds2index(1), mt(1), tar(1)
Examples
Example: Read the tape and make a listing:
dds-dd | tar ft -
Example: Read the tape and make a listing:
dds-dd | cpio -it
History
This program was created to use it in conjunction with dds2tar.
Name
dds-dd - tool to read a dds device.
Options
-fdevice
Device of the tape archive (default is /dev/rmt0). Must be a character special file connected to
a dds tape device.
-V,--version
Print the version number of mt-dds to stderr and exit immediately.
--help print some screens of online help with examples through a pager and exit immediately.
Synopsis
dds-dd [ -fdevice ]
