How to read the cassette of ontape backup?

Posted in 1999

Huy Vu — Wed, 12 May 1999 22:53:37 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Hi all, I would like to copy the informix backup (with ontape -s -L 0) from the cassette to disk before restoring. Can I read with dd unix command? Thank you in advance for any help. H.V

↪ replying to Huy Vu

Art S. Kagel — Thu, 13 May 1999 11:36:53 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Huy Vu wrote: > > Hi all, > > I would like to copy the informix backup (with ontape -s -L 0) from the > cassette to disk before restoring. > > Can I read with dd unix command? Get the tape block size (TAPEBLK) from the onconfig file, then: dd if=/dev/rmt/0c of=somefile bs=<TAPEBLK>k Don't forget the trailing 'k' attached to the actual block size. Art S. Kagel

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