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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Command Line Versus Command Line
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 23:53:57 -0000 (UTC)
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On 7 Jun 2024 16:50:05 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> I'll admit i get the same queasy feeling from 'dd'. I think dd may stand
> for Destructive Disaster.

If you look at the man page, the synopsis line says “copy and convert”. It 
was going to be called “cc”, but that name had already been taken by the C 
compiler. So they went with the next letter in the alphabet instead.

I have had accidents with rsync, too. But it’s still a wonderful tool that 
I wouldn’t want to be without.