On 2021-05-17 at 02:57, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > >>> When copying a file and writing it to another medium, perhaps eg >>> when writing a DVD .iso file directly to a USB stick, it's >>> ideal. > > The Wanderer wrote: > >> Is there really no functional difference between the baseline >> trivial functionalities of cat and dd? > > cat and cp cannot do the following: > > # Remove possible GPT backup header from the end of the USB stick > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=512 seek=3915775 count=1 status=none
True, but that's not the baseline trivial functionality, which is what Stefan had given in the example I was responding to; it includes a lot of extra behavior-modifying flags. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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