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Re: Watching the prgress of dd if=drive1 of=drive2

From: Woodchuck (marmotpennswoods.net)
Date: Sun Mar 02 2008 - 07:29:18 CST

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Jan Stary wrote:

> On Feb 23 12:15:21, Jon wrote:
> > I'm using dd to clone a drive. How can I watch the progress of this or
> > see the transfer rate in real time?
>
> You can use 'fstat -o' on the device file.
>
> Jan

If the dd is running on a terminal, sending the "status" signal
will cause a little printout. Usually that's a <CTRL>T, which
for console may need to be set first with
        $ stty status ^T
where ^ and T are normal characters. See man stty and
also note the kerninfo option.

Dave
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