Copying the Transport File From Disk to Tape at the UNIX Source Machine

In order to copy a transport file from disk to tape at the source machine, issue the UNIX dd command. Here is an example:

 dd if=tranfile of=/dev/tape1 bs=8000 

where:

dd

• copies the specified input file to the specified output device.

if=tranfile

• specifies the input file (or transport file).

of=/dev/tape1

• specifies the output file (or tape device).

bs=8000

• specifies the input file and output file block size as 8000.

See the UNIX dd (1) manual page for more details.