DD command/UFSdump !!

[dinduboy14]

hi guys, have a problem here with the dd ( disk dump) command. i have several partitions in solaris hard disk. most of them are in UFS (unix file system) format except the database which is in Sybase.
I need to take a backup of Sybase that and i can't do it using ufsdump. so i tried using dd command. once i extract the data, how do i dump it in again. thanks a lot !!

 

[pcunix]

You'd just reverse if and of.

You did something like

dd if=/dev/whatever of=/dev/tapedev

so,

dd if=/dev/tapedev of=/dev/whatever

will put it back.
Tony Lawrence
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