[Info-vax] Request description of UFS for VMS person

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

AEF <spamsink2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> What do I do?
 
> $ cat <name of disk>
> $ od <name of disk>

Traditionally it is the raw device.

for /dev/disk it would be /dev/rdisk.  Many systems now use the
block device anyway.  You can read it from the beginning to
the end, or seek and read anywhere.
 
> And od can't even read a directory on some systems!

Many programs need to be able to read the disk, such as fsck
and backup, so the ability is there.  

-- glen