-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Look: cer@Eleanor4:~/bin> dd if=/dev/zero of=sample bs=100 count=1 ; l sample 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 100 bytes (100 B) copied, 0.000910599 s, 110 kB/s - -rw-r--r-- 1 cer users 100 Oct 20 16:08 sample cer@Eleanor4:~/bin> dd if=/dev/random of=sample bs=100 count=1 ; l sample 0+1 records in 0+1 records out 22 bytes (22 B) copied, 0.00131574 s, 16.7 kB/s - -rw-r--r-- 1 cer users 22 Oct 20 16:08 sample cer@Eleanor4:~/bin> dd if=/dev/random of=sample bs=100 count=1 ; l sample 0+1 records in 0+1 records out 9 bytes (9 B) copied, 17.0424 s, 0.0 kB/s - -rw-r--r-- 1 cer users 9 Oct 20 16:08 sample cer@Eleanor4:~/bin> Why if the input is /dev/random, the size of the output file is not 100 bytes? Some times 16 bytes, some 20, some 9... However, if I run that in 12.3, I get the expected result, consistently: Telcontar:~ # dd if=/dev/random of=sample bs=100 count=1 ; l sample 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 100 bytes (100 B) copied, 0.00013542 s, 738 kB/s - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 100 Oct 20 16:13 sample Telcontar:~ # Two tested machines running 13.1 fail. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlJj53UACgkQtTMYHG2NR9VeIwCdE/m6PgcspCtYGCL+IXNbKI63 Yh8An3ZbgOte0KWLQQLa78zbIM9bFlpk =tJom -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-web+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-web+owner@opensuse.org