[Gllug] Slurp an entire tape to file with dd

Wed Aug 31 15:58:07 UTC 2005

On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 16:55 +0100, Robert Newson wrote:

> $ info dd
> ...
> `ibs=BYTES'
>       Read BYTES bytes at a time.
> ...
> `count=BLOCKS'
>       Copy BLOCKS `ibs'-byte blocks from the input file, instead of
>       everything until the end of the file.
> 
> any use?

doh! I tried that but I used bs instead of ibs...

I'll just go and wipe the egg off and then get back to things.

TomSW

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