slow down dd - how?
Roberto Ragusa
mail at robertoragusa.it
Sat Jul 10 15:12:07 UTC 2010
Jozsi Avadkan wrote:
> How can I slow down dd?
>
> I don't want to slow down the pc, when generating a big file [~40
> GByte].
>
> Does ionice work properly?
>
> Thank you for any help! :\
You can impose a transfer rate limit by piping through the "pv -r" command,
which also gives you a nice progress bar.
Certainly more rude than ionice, but it works if you choose a good
number.
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