Stefan Monnier <[email protected]> wrote: > > why do we insist using "dd" (Disk Dump)? It's tricky, and has not > > a comfortable syntax, why don't we suggest end users to use "pv" (Pipe > > Viewer). Pipe Viewer is the equivalent of "netcat" for data transfers > > between commands and devices, here the examples: > > I'll see your `pv` and raise you a `GNU ddrescue` (package `gddrescue`). > > > Sorry for the rant but once tried I can't live without. :) > > I'm a big fan of `pv` as well, but when it comes to copying partitions, > I find `ddrescue` even nicer. E.g. you can safely interrupt it > and resume execution. > However the advantage of dd is that it's available on all distributions (plus BSD and other Unix OS) and is very often already installed.
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