On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 11:48:50PM +1300, Jason wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] jason]$ dd if=/dev/cdrom of=91CD2.iso
> Also, with dd, how do you specify where the of goes once copied. The 
> info says it goes to stdout without a modifier. 

of=91CD2.iso is your modifier,
so in this case the output gets written to the file 91CD2.iso and not to
stdout.

> Where is stdout (I 
> assume standard out but where the heck is that)?? 

your screen, unless you redirect it with ">"

> What if want to send 
> the copy to a specific directory?? Do I have to pipe it??

no, just specify the path:
of=/path/to/91CD2.iso

greetings, martin.
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sTeam/caudium/roxen and/or unix system administration anywhere in the world.
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