On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 12:54 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Bazooka Joe wrote: > > Is there a way to combine these 2 commands to cut my time in half? > > > > VBoxManage internalcommands converttoraw file.vdi file.raw > > then I have to run > > dd if=file.raw of=/dev/sdb > > > > -thx > > > You can can command on the same command in several ways. It depends > on what you put between the command. > > ; - always run the next command. > && - run the second command only if the first command is successful. > || - run the second command if the first one fails. How is this going to reduce his total time? The commands are still running sequentially. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines