BACKUP/IMAGE might work. I have a dim recollection of moving system drives around that way, but it's been a few decades. :-)
Best of luck, and let us know how it goes. -Ed- On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 8:46 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On Jun 16, 2017, at 3:00 AM, Chris Hanson via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Jun 15, 2017, at 11:30 PM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> > >> Is there a dd equivalent for VMS? > > > > I’m pretty sure PIP is the “dd” equivalent on DEC operating systems in > general. > > No, "pip" is a file manipulation program, which -- depending on OS -- > provides as command options the analog of Unix commands cat, cp, mv, ls, > etc. > > If you mean "dd" as a partial file copying program, that's something I > haven't seen on DEC OSs. For image copying (non-file-structured copying), > it may be that pip can do that but often it won't because it only does file > structured operations in many systems. On VMS (and some other systems) > there may be something like "copy/image" which may work. Support for raw > block access of file devices varies, though; it depends on whether the OS > allows such a thing. To pick one example, RSTS originally did not allow > that; it was added part way through the OS history. > > paul > > >
