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[PATCH] doc: Add progress display in 'dd' command lines.

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From: Brice Waegeneire <brice <at> waegenei.re>
To: 42057 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#42057] [PATCH] doc: Add progress display in 'dd' command lines.
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 12:05:44 +0200

* doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Adjust 'dd' command line to
display progress …
(System Configuration): … same here.
---
 doc/guix.texi | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index af3a06724d..9a5116d5aa 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@ its device name.  Assuming that the USB stick is known as @file{/dev/sdX},
 copy the image with:
 
 @example
-dd if=guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.iso of=/dev/sdX
+dd if=guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.iso of=/dev/sdX status=progress
 sync
 @end example
 
@@ -27774,7 +27774,7 @@ the device corresponding to a USB stick, one can copy the image to it
 using the following command:
 
 @example
-# dd if=$(guix system disk-image my-os.scm) of=/dev/sdc
+# dd if=$(guix system disk-image my-os.scm) of=/dev/sdc status=progress
 @end example
 
 When using @code{docker-image}, a Docker image is produced.  Guix builds
-- 
2.26.2

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