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dds-dd(1L)							    dds-dd(1L)

NAME
       dds-dd - tool to read a dds device.

SYNOPSIS
       dds-dd [ -f device ]

DESCRIPTION
       dds-dd  reads a dds tape devices (DAT). Every block is read and written
       to stdout. A tape with unknown block size or blocks of  different  size
       can be read.

       The default device is /dev/rmt0, which may be overridden with the envi‐
       ronment variable TAPE,  which  in  turn	may  be	 overridden  with  the
       -f device option. The device must be a character special file.

OPTIONS
       -f device
	      Device  of  the  tape archive (default is /dev/rmt0).  Must be a
	      character special file connected to a dds tape device.

       -V,--version
	      Print the version number of mt-dds to stderr  and	 exit  immedi‐
	      ately.

       --help print  some screens of online help with examples through a pager
	      and exit immediately.

EXAMPLES
       Example: Read the tape and make a listing:
		 dds-dd | tar ft -

       Example: Read the tape and make a listing:
		 dds-dd | cpio -it

ENVIRONMENT
       The  environment	 variable  TAPE	 overrides  the	 default  tape	device
       /dev/rmt0.

       SEE ALSO
	      dds2tar(1), dds2index(1), mt(1), tar(1)

HISTORY
       This program was created to use it in conjunction with dds2tar.

AUTHOR
       J"org  Weule (weule@cs.uni-duesseldorf.de), Phone +49 211 751409.  This
       software is available at ftp.uni-duesseldorf.de:/pub/unix/apollo

				      2.4			    dds-dd(1L)

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