From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16PtA6-0005cQ-00 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 17:31:35 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id g0DMVAA00290 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 16:31:10 -0600 Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 16:31:10 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: piping output of dd through bzip2 Message-ID: <20020113163110.A287@uic.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi all, I'm trying to image a partition with dd, and pass the output to bzip2. However, bzip2 tells me that input file file.img cannot be found. Can someone tell me the correct cyntax please? I'm doing the following: "dd if=/dev/hda1 |bzip2 -9 file.img" Thanks in advance for any help. Greg