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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2005-02-21 08:07:28 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2005-02-21 08:07:28 +0000
commit2df160349ebf9ad63378b3d8090f1f4bbf841b5e (patch)
tree0e0c59889939689f87cdfc6b9fb47b558f3da7e0
parent9df4b1d7e4dd38a5b0efd0614e04f18395663274 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-2df160349ebf9ad63378b3d8090f1f4bbf841b5e.tar.xz
dd now uses a real-time clock if available, for transfer statistics.
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@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
** Bug fixes
+ dd now computes statistics using a realtime clock (if available)
+ rather than the time-of-day clock, to avoid glitches if the
+ time-of-day is changed while dd is running.
+
expr now detects integer overflow when evaluating large integers,
rather than silently wrapping around.