This is the command dds-dd that can be run in the OnWorks free hosting provider using one of our multiple free online workstations such as Ubuntu Online, Fedora Online, Windows online emulator or MAC OS online emulator
PROGRAM:
NAME
dds-dd - tool to read a dds device.
SYNOPSIS
dds-dd [ -f device ]
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 -f device option. The device must be a
character special file.
OPTIONS
-f device
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.
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
ENVIRONMENT
The environment variable TAPE overrides the default tape device /dev/rmt0.
SEE ALSO
dds2tar(1), dds2index(1), mt(1), tar(1)
HISTORY
This program was created to use it in conjunction with dds2tar.
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