https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893036 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893036#c1 Hylton Conacher changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |hylton@conacher.co.za --- Comment #1 from Hylton Conacher 2014-08-22 19:40:13 UTC --- The man page is really confusing when no examples are given using these flags. As someone new to the cli, the lack of information could be disastrous. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893036 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893036#c3 Bernhard Voelker changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mail@bernhard-voelker.de --- Comment #3 from Bernhard Voelker 2014-08-29 06:49:24 UTC --- (In reply to comment #1)

The man page is really confusing when no examples are given using these flags. As someone new to the cli, the lack of information could be disastrous.

Pleas read to the end of the man page: SEE ALSO The full documentation for dd is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and dd programs are properly installed at your site, the command info coreutils 'dd invocation' should give you access to the complete manual. As for many GNU projects, the real documentation goes into the Texinfo manual, and the man page is basically identical to the output out --help (actually the man page is generated from that). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893036 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893036#c5 --- Comment #5 from Bernhard Voelker 2014-08-29 06:57:25 UTC --- (In reply to comment #4)

The Linux kernel doesn't allow reading directories; other UNIX kernels permit that, but the outcome is the binary representation of the directory which even may contain file system specific bits. Therefore, the directory option really is of limited use [...]

Here's Padraig's (coreutils maintainer) answer: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2014-08/msg00032.html -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893036 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893036#c7 Philipp Thomas changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P4 - Low Status|NEW |ASSIGNED Component|Basesystem |Basesystem Version|Final |13.2 Milestone 0 AssignedTo|pth@suse.com |bnc-team-screening@forge.pr | |ovo.novell.com Product|openSUSE 13.1 |openSUSE Factory Target Milestone|--- |201408* --- Comment #7 from Philipp Thomas 2014-09-03 13:27:26 CEST --- I've proposed a slight change in dd's usage message that directly tels the user that the flag doesn't work on Linux. If the change is accepted, the man page would contain that information. But given that such a documentation bug won't be fixed for 13.1, I've moved the bug to openSUSE Factory. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893036 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893036#c9 Greg Freemyer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED --- Comment #9 from Greg Freemyer 2014-09-03 07:51:57 EDT --- Thanks for the effort. I consider myself a dd expert and at least I now know what the flag in theory does. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.