It shouldn't be because it will work with normal files just fine. E.g. if you want to image a disk, `dd if=/dev/sdc of=sdc.img` and silly things like `dd if=/e

It shouldn't be because it will work with normal files just fine. E.g. if you want to image a disk, `dd if=/dev/sdc of=sdc.img` and silly things like `dd if=/etc/passwd of=/root/~passwd` work too. Also it has a convert function so it's not strictly just for duplication.