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I always read it as “[disk|data] destroyer”, because that’s what it’ll do if you’re not careful.
by softskunk 10mo ago
I 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.