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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2011-04-13 15:27:13 +0100
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2011-04-13 15:38:36 +0100
commitace9ef2a9430c0b4f98a7aa16f921de334e04168 (patch)
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maint: mention dd's new partial read warning in NEWS
* NEWS: Mention the new feature, from commits e1788d9e and 194c1e89
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@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
which will discard any cache associated with the files, or
processed portion thereof.
+ dd now warns that 'iflag=fullblock' should be used,
+ in various cases where partial reads can cause issues.
+
** Changes in behavior
cp now avoids syncing files when possible, when doing a FIEMAP copy.