CIFSDD(8) System Administration tools CIFSDD(8)

NAME

cifsdd - convert and copy a file over SMB

SYNOPSIS

cifsdd [OPERAND]...

cifsdd OPTION

DESCRIPTION

This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.

Copy a file, converting and formatting according to the operands.

bs=BYTES
read and write up to BYTES bytes at a time (default: 4096)

ibs=BYTES
read up to BYTES bytes at a time (default: 4096)

obs=BYTES
write BYTES bytes at a time (default: 4096)

if=FILE
read from FILE instead of stdin

of=FILE
write to FILE instead of stdout

count=N
copy only N input blocks

seek=N
skip N obs-sized blocks at start of output

skip=N
skip N ibs-sized blocks at start of input

direct
use direct I/O for data

sync
use synchronous writes

oplock
take oplocks on the input and output files

AUTHOR

The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.

The cifsdd manpage was written by Andreas Schneider.

Samba 4.18.11 03/13/2024 CIFSDD(8)