Xref: utzoo comp.sys.dec:5822 comp.unix.ultrix:7341 alt.sys.sun:3982 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!psuvax1!news From: ehrlich@cs.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.ultrix,alt.sys.sun Subject: Re: rdump from sun Message-ID: Date: 23 May 91 20:32:03 GMT References: <1991May20.165748.16663@news.cs.indiana.edu> <1333@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Computer Science Department, Penn State University Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: pearmana@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk's message of 23 May 91 09: 47:50 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: colossus.cs.psu.edu In article <1333@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk> pearmana@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk (Andy Pearman) writes: Andy> What does rdump give you that dump doen't ? Andy> Using dump I can dump to hostname:/dev/mt0 etc etc. Andy> Does rdump do something clever ? Back in the early days when BSD was it, dump and rdump were seperate programs. Some clever soul merged them together. If one checks, rdump is a symbolic link to dump under SunOS. -- Dan Ehrlich - Sr. Systems Programmer - Penn State Computer Science /Voice: +1 814 863 1142/FAX: +1 814 865 3176