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What is wrong with just using dd?

• mrwm 5y ago
  To tag on, what's wrong with plain ol' cat or cp?
  • ggm 5y ago
    dd can do seek, skip, re-block. It's unusual to need the features but they exist for good reasons. I used dd to transfer 4.1BSD release tapes to a vax 11/720 via rl02 10meg pack and reconstruct the chunks on the receive side, long ago.
    • ok123456 5y ago
      ddrescue will do this for you automatically to recover from a bad block.
• ball_of_lint 5y ago
  Not everyone is comfortable using the command line or even knows that dd exists.
  • sam0x17 5y ago
    I know it exists but I don't trust it as most tools say "write in ISO mode (recommended) or dd mode (not recommended)"