Re: [Dump-users] Problems with dump

[Antonios C. <an...@it...>]

I wrote:
> I don't think "echo" should work. You should try dd for a start. Pick up
> a large file and write it to tape:

Just to avoid confusion, I wanted to point out that I sent the reply
above before Stelian sent his; but some mail server delayed it for more
than 24 hours.  I thought echo wouldn't work because it has no knowledge
of blocking (I've never fully understood blocking in tapes :-). 

But yes, it does work, I tried it. I even used "cat" to write a 33 KB
file, and it wrote it and read it OK. I'm going to re-read (for 3rd or
4th time) about tape blocking :-)