Re: Is it true that `dd` is almost not needed?

2021-12-12 Thread Crystal Kolipe
On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 03:09:37PM +0100, evh wrote: > On Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at 06:06:43PM +0200, u...@mailo.com wrote: > > Another reason to prefer the cat variant is that it lets you actually > > string together a normal shell pipeline. For instance, if you want > > progress information with cat

Re: Is it true that `dd` is almost not needed?

2021-12-12 Thread evh
On Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at 06:06:43PM +0200, u...@mailo.com wrote: > Another reason to prefer the cat variant is that it lets you actually > string together a normal shell pipeline. For instance, if you want > progress information with cat you can combine it with the pv command: > > # Cat version

Re: Is it true that `dd` is almost not needed?

2021-12-12 Thread Andrew Grillet
"The era of magnetic tapes" has not ended. It is just that some people mysteriously believe their data is safer "in the cloud" where they cannot monitor it, than on a tape in a fire safe under their own supervision. I have read back tapes I wrote myself 30 years earlier. Have you tried getting

Re: Is it true that `dd` is almost not needed?

2021-12-11 Thread Chris Cappuccio
u...@mailo.com [u...@mailo.com] wrote: > The article: > https://eklitzke.org/the-cult-of-dd > > The content of the article: > > The Cult of DD > Mar 17, 2017 > You'll often see instructions for creating and using disk images on Unix > systems making use of the dd command. This is a strange

Re: Is it true that `dd` is almost not needed?

2021-12-11 Thread Steve Litt
u...@mailo.com said on Sat, 11 Dec 2021 18:06:43 +0200 >The article: >https://eklitzke.org/the-cult-of-dd The ddrescue program is a different story entirely. Using ddrescue, you can almost perfectly digitize the scratched and stained garage sale music CD that won't even play on a normal player.

Re: Is it true that `dd` is almost not needed?

2021-12-11 Thread Brian Brombacher
> On Dec 11, 2021, at 11:22 AM, Brian Brombacher wrote: > >  >> On Dec 11, 2021, at 11:12 AM, u...@mailo.com wrote: >> >> The article: >> https://eklitzke.org/the-cult-of-dd >> >> The content of the article: >> >> The Cult of DD >> Mar 17, 2017 >> You'll often see instructions for

Re: Is it true that `dd` is almost not needed?

2021-12-11 Thread Brian Brombacher
> On Dec 11, 2021, at 11:12 AM, u...@mailo.com wrote: > > The article: > https://eklitzke.org/the-cult-of-dd > > The content of the article: > > The Cult of DD > Mar 17, 2017 > You'll often see instructions for creating and using disk images on Unix > systems making use of the dd command.