---
name: "pcopy"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pcopy"
version: "1.5-1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pcopy"
---

# pcopy(1)

multithreaded (raw) disk copying program

## NAME

pcopy - multithreaded (raw) disk copying program

## SYNOPSIS

pcopy \[options\] source destination

## DESCRIPTION

**pcopy** is a tool for large disk to disk copying.

**pcopy** is intended to be used when doing large disk (partition) to disk (partition) copying where dd is just too slow (and error prone). It also displays a progress counter while doing the copying.

## OPTIONS

- **-s**

  silent mode

- **-q\<num\>**

  queue size

- **-u\<num\>**

  Update frequency (in seconds)

- **-b\<num\>**

  Buffer size (in KBytes)

- **-d**

  Show progress as a series of dots

## SEE ALSO

[**dd**(1)](/dd/1.md).

## AUTHOR

**pcopy** was written by Peter Eriksson.

This manpage was written by Anibal Monsalve Salazar for the Debian Project and it is hereby placed by him into the public domain.