11/17/2007
Data Test Program (dt)
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Short History of DT
nOriginally developed while working at Compugraphic initially for testing tape devices on SUN/OS.
nWritten to replace Unix ‘dd’ utility.
nCommand format similar to ‘dd’.
nLater disk, serial lines, and other device type support was added.
nGoal was to be generic yet flexible enough to customize your tests.