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The article doesn't say to stop using `dd` to write disks. It's just saying that if you have other commands that can read/write files, such as `pv /dev/thing >
by koala_man 10y ago
The article doesn't say to stop using `dd` to write disks.
It's just saying that if you have other commands that can read/write files, such as `pv /dev/thing > file.img` (to show a progress bar), you don't have to try to shoe-horn dd into it just because /dev/thing happens to be a drive.