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9 amdd
\14 AMANDA version of dd
13 amdd [-d ] [if=input] [of=output] [bs=blocksize] [skip=count] [count=count]
17 Amdd provides just enough of the standard UNIX dd command for the needs of
18 AMANDA. This is handy when doing a full restore and the standard dd program has
20 Amdd also provides access to the AMANDA output drivers that support various
21 tape simulations. This may be used for debugging or to convert from one format
23 See the amanda(8) man page for more details about AMANDA. See the OUTPUT
24 DRIVERS section of amanda(8) for more information on the AMANDA output drivers.
31 Turn on debugging output.
34 Set the output length. If the output driver limits the output size, this
35 controls when end of tape will be simulated.
36 Length may have a multiplier suffix:
40 M -> 1024*1024 (Megabytes)
41 The default is no multiplier (bytes).
46 Input to dd. Default is stdin.
49 Where to send the output of dd. Default is stdout.
52 Size of each record. Input records smaller than this will not be padded.
53 Output records will be the same size as the corresponding input record.
55 Blocksize may have a multiplier suffix:
59 M -> 1024*1024 (Megabytes)
60 The default is no multiplier (bytes).
65 Number of records to copy. Default is all records until end of file.
68 Number of records to skip before copying input to output. Default is
74 Marc Mengel <mengel@fnal.gov>, John R. Jackson <jrj@purdue.edu> : Original text
75 Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the AMANDA-documentation:
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