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[src/trunk]: src/bin/dd dd.1: add an example of writing a NetBSD image
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/8bc97fd11638
branches: trunk
changeset: 379191:8bc97fd11638
user: nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Tue May 18 07:17:09 2021 +0000
description:
dd.1: add an example of writing a NetBSD image
diffstat:
bin/dd/dd.1 | 16 ++++++++++++++--
1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diffs (37 lines):
diff -r 63bcf22b293b -r 8bc97fd11638 bin/dd/dd.1
--- a/bin/dd/dd.1 Tue May 18 06:42:11 2021 +0000
+++ b/bin/dd/dd.1 Tue May 18 07:17:09 2021 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: dd.1,v 1.36 2019/01/30 10:28:50 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: dd.1,v 1.37 2021/05/18 07:17:09 nia Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)dd.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/13/94
.\"
-.Dd January 29, 2019
+.Dd May 18, 2021
.Dt DD 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -546,6 +546,18 @@ for more details.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std dd
.Sh EXAMPLES
+To write a
+.Xr gzip 1
+compressed
+.Nx
+image to a removable drive, with
+.Xr progress 1
+output:
+.Bd -literal -unfilled -offset indent
+zcat NetBSD-9.2-amd64-install.img.gz | \\
+ progress dd of=/dev/rsd0 bs=1m
+.Ed
+.Pp
To print summary information in human-readable form:
.Pp
.Dl dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null count=1 msgfmt=human
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