Hi, You could try this : dd if=/dev/dasdXX | gzip - > ./backup.gz
from the gzip manpage : "If no files are specified, or if a file name is "-", the standard input is compressed to the standard output." Regards, Dominic Coulombe On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 09:33, James Melin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Good day gang. > > I am looking to take dd disk images of some small disk volumes and > compress the dd output in stream rather than after the fact. Is that > possible? My > experiments so far seem to indicate that it needs to be a two step process. > I'd prefer that it be one step, but I've not succeeded in getting it to > work with pipes. > > -J > > > Disclaimer: Information in this message or an attachment may be government > data and thereby subject to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, > Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, may be subject to attorney-client or work > product privilege, may be confidential, privileged, proprietary, or > otherwise protected, and the unauthorized review, copying, retransmission, > or other use or disclosure of the information is strictly prohibited. If you > are not the intended recipient of this message, please immediately notify > the sender of the transmission error and then promptly delete this message > from your computer system. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
