On 2026-10-14, Chris Green <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Yes, I have neither pv nor ddrescue on my machine. I do have dd, though. For an end user like myself, the important thing is to be sure the source destination is your thumb drive and not your disk when using these tools.
