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AMDD
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Index NAME
amdd - Amanda version of dd
SYNOPSIS
amdd[
-d][
if=input][
of=output][
bs=blocksize][
skip=count][
count=count]
DESCRIPTION
Amddprovides just enough of the standard
ddcommand for the needs of Amanda.This is handy when doing a full restore and the standard
ddprogram has not yet been found.
Amddalso provides access to the Amanda output drivers that supportvarious tape simulations.This may be used for debugging or to convert from one formatto another.
See theamanda(8)man page for more details about Amanda.See theOUTPUT DRIVERSsection ofamanda(8)for more information on the Amanda output drivers.
OPTIONS
- -d
- Turn on debugging output.
- -llength
- Set the output length.If the output driver limits the output size, this controlswhen end of tape will be simulated.
- Lengthmay have a multiplier suffix:
- k 1024 (Kilobytes)
- b 512 (Blocks)
- M 1024*1024 (Megabytes)
- The default is no multipler (bytes).
- if=input
- Input todd.Default is stdin.
- of=output
- Where to send the output ofdd.Default is stdout.
- bs=blocksize
- Size of each record.Input records smaller than this willnotbe padded.Output records will be the same size as the corresponding input record.Default is 512 bytes.
- Blocksizemay have a multiplier suffix:
- k 1024 (Kilobytes)
- b 512 (Blocks)
- M 1024*1024 (Megabytes)
- The default is no multipler (bytes).
- count=count
- Number of records to copy.Default is all records until end of file.
- skip=count
- Number of records to skip before copying input to output.Default is zero.
AUTHOR
Marc Mengel <mengelAATTfnal.gov>
John R. Jackson <jrjAATTpurdue.edu>
SEE ALSO
amanda(8)
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- OPTIONS
- AUTHOR
- SEE ALSO
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