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 4.22.11-Debian-4.22.11+d 07/28/2026 CIFSDD(8)
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