problem in reading output of dd command using pipe
- by Ummar
I am developing an application, in which I want to redirect the output (progress information) of dd command to my C++ program, but it is not actually getting the output, here is the code
FILE * progressInfo = popen("gzip -dc backup/backup.img.gz | pv -ptrbe -i 2 -s 2339876653 | dd of=/dev/sdb","r");
if(!progressInfo)
{
return -1;
}
char buf[1024];…
