---
name: "fba2cfba"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hercules"
version: "3.13-8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fba2cfba"
---

# fba2cfba(1)

copy a FBA dasd file to a compressed FBA DASD file

## NAME

fba2cfba - copy a FBA dasd file to a compressed FBA DASD file

## SYNOPSIS

**fba2cfba** \[**-***options\]* **ifile** **ofile**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the fba2cfba program.

fba2cfba copies a FBA DASD file to a compressed FBA DASD file.

## PARAMETERS

- **ifile**

  input FBA DASD file

- **ofile**

  output compressed FBA DASD file

## OPTIONS

- **-v**

  display program version and quit

- **-h**

  display help and quit

- **-q**

  quiet mode, don't display status

- **-r**

  replace the output file if it exists

- **-blks n**

  size of output file

- **-z**

  compress using zlib \[default\]

- **-bz2**

  compress using bzip2

- **-0**

  don't compress track images

## SEE ALSO

The programs are documented fully by *The Hercules*  *System/370, ESA/390, and z/Architecture Emulator*     available in **/usr/share/doc/hercules/html**.

## AUTHOR

Hercules was created by Roger Bowler and is maintained by Jay Maynard. Jan Jaeger designed and implemented many of the advanced features of Hercules, including dynamic reconfiguration, integrated console, interpretive execution, and z/Architecture support.

This manual page was written by Peter De Schrijver p2@debian.org for the **Debian GNU/Linux** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GPL.