gah wrote:
I am looking to take dd disk images of some small disk volumes and
compres=
s 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
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
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:
On 09/24/2008 09:33:29 AM, James Melin asked:
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
Douglas Wooster wrote:
On 09/24/2008 09:33:29 AM, James Melin asked:
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 am looking to take dd disk images of some small disk volumes and compres=
s 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
