Manual Pages for UNIX Operating System command usage for man volcopy_ufs

System Administration Commands                    volcopy_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 exam-
                                ple,            /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.





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System Administration Commands                    volcopy_ufs(1M)



     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  attri-
     butes:



     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcs                      |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     cpio(1), dd(1M),  labelit(1M),  volcopy(1M),  attributes(5),
     ufs(7FS)

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



























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