Unfortunately, dd on OSX has no status option: But it reacts to signals too, like dd on Linux. It's another signal however: siginfo. And signal siginfo is coupled to key-combination CTRL-T. No need to use kill, you can just type CTRL-T in the terminal window where dd is running: Didier Stevens |
DidierStevens 649 Posts ISC Handler Jul 8th 2018 |
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Jul 8th 2018 3 years ago |
> Unfortunately, dd on OSX has no status option
Fortunately, dd on OSX has no *linux*-equivalent dd option, because it came from FreeBSD, where it's had the SIGUSR1/SIGINT option since August 7, 1991 ;) https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dd&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+1.0-RELEASE&arch=default&format=html Was linux in public existence then? It appears not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux On 25 August 1991, he (at age 21) announced this system in a Usenet posting to the newsgroup "comp.os.minix." Why did they re-invent the wheel in the first place is a better question ;) |
NiftyLittleThings 3 Posts |
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Jul 8th 2018 3 years ago |
OSX uses the BSD version of dd, the status extension has been added in FreeBSD and OpenBSD but well after OSX forked. NetBSD still doesn't have it https://www.unix.com/man-page/netbsd/1/dd/
You (like many people) are probably used to the GNU variant. |
UnknownNick 11 Posts |
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Jul 9th 2018 3 years ago |
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