'dd' for Windoze (Was: cctalk Digest, Vol 89, Issue 21)

[Ray Jewhurst]

I prefer WSL 2. It now allows X-windows and file management between the Linux distro and Windows (at least 11,I'm not sure about 10) is very intuitive.

Ray

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From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of Tom Manos via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 6:05:24 PM
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Subject: Re: 'dd' for Windoze (Was: cctalk Digest, Vol 89, Issue 21)

Or install Cygwin for a complete UNIX environment under Windoze. I don't
use it all that much, but when you need it, it's fabulous.

Tom
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On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 5:46 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

>     > From: Rod Smallwood
>
>     > dd is a linux command.
>
> UNIX, actually. (V5, I think:
>
>   https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V5/usr/source/s1/dd.c
>
> There no 'man'page for it in V4. Anyway...)
>
>
>     > I only have windows PC's.
>
> There are Windoze versions. I've used this one:
>
>   http://www.chrysocome.net/dd
>
> with success (under XP; probably works under others, too).
>
>         Noel
>