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Moving and Accessing SAS Files across Operating Environments

Copying the Transport File from Tape to Disk at the Target Host

In order to copy a transport file from tape to disk at the target host, issue the UNIX dd command. Here is an example:

dd if=/dev/tape1 of=tranfile bs=8000

where:

dd: copies the specified input file to the specified output device.
if=/dev/tape1: specifies the input file (or tape device).
of=tranfile: specifies the output file.
bs=8000: specifies the input file and output file block size as 8000.

See the dd(1) manual page for more details.

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