[HECnet] N00b question - dd equiv on VMS

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There is no real VMS equivalent for the dd command. 
The closest thing is to mount the disk as a foreign device.   Then you might try backup to copy data towards it. The copy command won't work I think, though it does so on a foreign mounted tape. 
Hans
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Onderwerp: [HECnet] N00b question - dd equiv on VMS
Verzonden: 25 oktober 2011 20:44

I want to write the contents of a file directly onto a device, like you would on say Unix with dd:


dd   if=infile of=/dev/outdevice


How do I do this on VMS?