AMDD(8)AMDD(8)NAMEamdd - Amanda version of dd
SYNOPSISamdd [-d] [if=input] [of=output] [bs=blocksize] [skip=count]
[count=count]
DESCRIPTION
Amdd provides just enough of the standard UNIX dd command for the needs
of Amanda. This is handy when doing a full restore and the standard dd
program has not yet been found.
Amdd also provides access to the Amanda output drivers that support
various tape simulations. This may be used for debugging or to convert
from one format to another.
See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda. See the OUT‐
PUT DRIVERS section of amanda(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 controls when end of tape will be simulated.
Length may have a multiplier suffix:
k -> 1024 (Kilobytes)
b -> 512 (Blocks)
M -> 1024*1024 (Megabytes)
The default is no multiplier (bytes).
if=input
Input to dd. Default is stdin.
of=output
Where to send the output of dd. Default is stdout.
bs=blocksize
Size of each record. Input records smaller than this will not be
padded. Output records will be the same size as the correspond‐
ing input record. Default is 512 bytes.
Blocksize may have a multiplier suffix:
k -> 1024 (Kilobytes)
b -> 512 (Blocks)
M -> 1024*1024 (Megabytes)
The default is no multiplier (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 <mengel@fnal.gov>, John R. Jackson <jrj@purdue.edu> : Orig‐
inal text
Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the Amanda-docu‐
mentation: XML-conversion
SEE ALSOamanda(8)AMDD(8)
