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GNU Coreutils 9.5 Can Yield 10~20% Throughput Boost For cp, mv & cat Commands (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do cp capture the raw bits like dd does?

Not saying that its useful in the case you're describing but that's always been the reason I use it. When I want every bit on a disk copied to another disks, even the things with no meta data present.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As long as you copy from the device file (/dev/whatever), you will get "the raw bits", regardless of whether you use dd, cp, or even cat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

That makes sense. Thanks!