[ale] writing to tape

[Geoffrey]

Greg Freemyer wrote:
> Bad news if this is dd.
> 
> N+m records in
> 
> N - blocks read succesfully
> M - partial blocks read + plus failed blocks read
> 
> Similar for output.
> 
> My guess is your data source is not keeping up with your output.  I
> think it is conv equal noerror,sync that causes dd not to wait on
> partial reads and instead to zero out partial buffers.

So does that mean my data on the tape is not valid???

> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> On 2/1/10, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>> When writing to tape, I see the following:
>>
>> 4204276+2204423 records in
>> 4204276+2204423 records out
>>
>> What do those two numbers represent?  I'm assuming they are related the
>> the amount of data written, but google has not been my friend this morning.
>>
>> --
>> Until later, Geoffrey
>>
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-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson