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Matt Kowalski wrote: > Does anyone know how to duplicate a source USB thumb drive to multiple > target drives in Linux? I was thinking *dd*... Look around and see if there is a tool for cloning the type of file system you have on your USB drive. If you're going to be doing this often, and you want the image to be small and created fast, it'll be worth using a specialized tool. ntfsclone is one example. > ...how do I specify multiple outputs for each device? How much effort is it worth to avoid reading the USB device multiple times or copying the image after you've made the first clone? One way would be to have dd write to STDOUT and then chain as many instances of tee as you need for each file you want to write to. Another way might be to have dd or whatever tool you end up using write to a named pipe. Then write a script that reads chunks from the named pipe and writes them to each of the target files. -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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