Ian Bloss <ianlin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016, 22:46 <meino.cra...@gmx.de> wrote: > > > Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> [16-03-31 04:04]: > > > On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:35:33 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > > > > By the way: For what stands the 'dd' for ? > > > > (Think unix!) > > > > > > The apocryphal story is that it is copy and convert, but cc was > > > already taken by the C compiler. > > > > > > If you have ever mistyped the of argument, you'll understand why > > > some say it stands for delete and destroy ;-) > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix) is quite useful. > > > > > > > I had to ask for that.... :) > > I know that story from the "The heritage UNIX society" (THUS ) and > > I found that SO unixy...it put a BIG smile on my face. > > > > But "delete and destroy" is also VERY descriptive... ! ::::)))))
> I've always thought it was something like data/disk duplication I thought it means data dump. :-) -- Regards wabe
