On 11/18/2013 09:02 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2013-11-18 15:28, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
On 11/18/2013 03:01 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Why would dd(1) not work? There's no issue known for it, neither in openSUSE's bugzilla nor in the upstream 'coreutils' project. Please provide more info.
I did when we discussed the instructions about a month or two ago.
Hi Carlos, IIRC that was the "short read" issue, right? Well, I can only say that dd(1) is quite a low-level tool with much useful low-level functionality. Unfortunately, it therefore does not meet the intuitive expectations of many users regarding such short reads. If unsure, you can always use iflag=fullblock. BTW: that iflag option has been standardized only 2 years ago [1]. BTW2: someone should mention this issue in dd's wikipedia page [2]. Volunteers? [1] http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=406 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix) Have a nice day, Berny -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org