On 08/25/2014 03:24 PM, Dirk Gently wrote:
I'm talking about adding significant algorithms, not minor tweaks to system calls to take advantage of new services and efficiencies added to the kernel.
And your cite... 1992.. the year is now 2014... that's 22 YEARS without even a tweak.
For a tool whose task [1] is to "Convert and copy a file" (among all implementations), what would you suggest it to do more than today (without bloating the code with functionality already possible with or in combination with other tools)? [1] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/dd.html Regarding the strange synopsis: as you said dd(1) is very old, and all implementations follow the given rule. Therefore, it's simply too late to change how options and operands are specified. It's hard enough to kill obsolete uses like e.g. "tail -5" (correctly nowadays: "tail -n 5") which took almost a decade, so changing all of the options in dd.c is impossible. Have a nice day, Berny -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org