On Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:45:52 +0300 Teemu Likonen <[email protected]> wrote:
> * 2026-04-09 09:29:42+0000, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: > > > # dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=4M status=progress | gzip -1 > > > /backup/emmc.img.gz > > That is fine. Concur. > > I think we should ditch "dd" and use a modern program like "pv" for > data transfer monitoring. It has good defaults and progress output so > usually options are not needed. > > pv /dev/whatever | gzip >file.gz While we're modernizing things, for compression, substitute pigz or pbzip2 for gzip, and take advantage of multiple processors. They don't get you much on decompression. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
