On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 22:57, <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 02:42:21PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > $ unzip foo.zip > > $ su -c "cp image-unpacked-from-foo-zip /dev/sd_" > > Also spelt "zcat foo.zip > /dev/sd_" for those who don't want to > leave a file around they have to delete later. > > > dd is *not* a better tool for this task - that's just false rumors. > > I don't know about "better", but it's the right tool for that job, > affording you > > - unbuffered output (oflag=direct) for when you don't want > to wait for ages after dd has finished while your system > is flushing buffers (or worse, pull the stick/card out > while buffers are not flushed because you think copy is > ready, leading to funny results) > > - progress display (either by sending it an USR1 signal or > by stating "status=progress". Plus: - does not require/waste disk space for large image-unpacked-from-foo-zip - Gene asked for "a command", not commands ;p
