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System Administration Commandsvolcopy_ufs(1M)


NAME

 volcopy_ufs - make an image copy of a ufs file system

SYNOPSIS

 volcopy [ -F ufs] [generic_options] fsname srcdevice volname1 destdevice volname2

DESCRIPTION

 

volcopy makes a literal copy of the ufs file system using a blocksize matched to the device.

OPTIONS

 

The following option is supported:

generic_options
options supported by the generic volcopy command. See volcopy(1M).

OPERANDS

 

The following operands are supported:

fsname
represents the mount point (for example, root, u1, etc.) of the file system being copied.
srcdevice or destdevice
the disk partition specified using the raw device (for example, /dev/rdsk/cld0s8, /dev/rdsk/cld1s8, etc.).
srcdevice and volname1
the device and physical volume from which the copy of the file system is being extracted.
destdevice and volname2
the target device and physical volume.

fsname and volname are limited to six or fewer characters and recorded in the superblock. volname may be `-' to use the existing volume name.

EXIT STATUS

 

The following exit values are returned:

0
Successful file system copy.
non-zero
An error has occurred.

FILES

 
/var/adm/filesave.log
a record of file systems/volumes copied

ATTRIBUTES

 

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
AvailabilitySUNWcsu

SEE ALSO

 

cpio(1), dd(1M), labelit(1M), volcopy(1M), fs_ufs(4), attributes(5)

NOTES

 

volcopy does not support copying to tape devices. Use dd(1M) for copying to and from tape devices.


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 20 Mar 1995

 
      
      
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