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"disk dump" is another common (but wrong) guess.
by anyfoo 10mo ago
"disk dump" is another common (but wrong) guess.
- softskunk 10mo agoI always read it as “[disk|data] destroyer”, because that’s what it’ll do if you’re not careful.
- jaredhallen 10mo agoYou know, this is true. And I've read any number of "you should never use dd, use this instead" articles over the years. But man, do I love me some dd.
- georgefrowny 10mo agodd is the software equivalent of removing the riving knife from a table saw. Then again, I get very paranoid when I write software that has to delete arbitrary files recursively. One bad string gets in there and it's a very bad day.
- Kevin-Xi 10mo agoOne explanation that left a deep impression on me is[1]: it stands for 'Copy and Convert' and was renamed to `dd` only because `cc` was reserved for the C compiler! [1]: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/6835/192313 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/6835/192313