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dd: add backup commands (#6047)

CleanMachine1 3 years ago
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 `dd if=/dev/zero of={{file_1GB}} bs=1024 count=1000000`
 
+- Generate a system backup into an IMG file and show the progress:
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+`dd if=/dev/{{drive_device}} of={{path/to/file.img}} status=progress`
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+- Restore a drive from an IMG file and show the progress:
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+`dd if={{path/to/file.img}} of=/dev/{{drive_device}} status=progress`
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 - Check progress of an ongoing dd operation (Run this command from another shell):
 
 `kill -USR1 $(pgrep ^dd)`