# Difference between ADALOD and ADASAV??

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/difference-between-adalod-and-adasav/57959>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-on-Mainframes, Adabas-Basics-on-Mainframes\
**Created:** [April 21, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/difference-between-adalod-and-adasav/57959 "2006-04-21T14:29:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rahul\_mf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@rahul\_mf](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/rahul_mf)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/difference-between-adalod-and-adasav/57959/1 "2006-04-21T14:29:33Z")

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Hi all,

Can anyone tell me the difference between ADALOD and ADASAV.

Rahul

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**Author:** ![Douglas\_Kelly](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/douglas_kelly/32/102_2.png) [@Douglas\_Kelly](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Douglas_Kelly)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/difference-between-adalod-and-adasav/57959/2 "2006-04-22T03:28:08Z")

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ADALOD is used to define files and load data into them.  
ADASAV does backups and restores.

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**Author:** ![rahul\_mf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@rahul\_mf](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/rahul_mf)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 10:07am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/difference-between-adalod-and-adasav/57959/3 "2006-04-22T10:07:26Z")

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Thanks Douglas 😃

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/difference-between-adalod-and-adasav/57959/4 "2021-04-02T14:38:58Z")

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