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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-07-23 14:50:52 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-07-23 15:55:45 +0200
commite535754fdbe701e70f3ac9834b643a9272dc1d98 (patch)
tree72f4d7236ca247db31001df16ec71599728c4045 /NEWS
parentf674a10f7ebc55de6181007a5216a297e3dc3365 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-e535754fdbe701e70f3ac9834b643a9272dc1d98.tar.xz
dd: minor fullblock changes
* src/dd.c (O_FULLBLOCK): Define using an enum, not #define. Derive the value, rather than hard-coding to one that might conflict. (usage): Mention iflag=fullblock in --help output. (scanargs): Reset the O_FULLBLOCK bit, so that we don't try to set an undefined attribute via fcntl (fd, F_SETFL, ... * tests/dd/misc: Signal framework_failure when necessary. Use "compare actual expected", so any diffs look "right". * NEWS (dd): Alphabetize and reword. * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Adjust wording.
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@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
comm accepts new option, --output-delimiter=STR, that allows specification
of an output delimiter other than the default single TAB.
+ dd accepts iflag=fullblock to make it accumulate full input blocks.
+ With this new option, after a short read, dd repeatedly calls read,
+ until it fills the incomplete block, reaches EOF, or encounters an error.
+
md5sum now accepts the new option, --quiet, to suppress the printing of
'OK' messages. sha1sum, sha224sum, sha384sum, and sha512sum accept it, too.
@@ -27,10 +31,6 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
represents the maximum number of inputs that will be merged at once.
When processing more than NMERGE inputs, sort uses temporary files.
- dd accepts a new parameter iflag=fullblock which turn on reading of full
- blocks where possible. If this parameter is used and 'read' call is
- terminated during read, it will be called again for remainder input.
-
** Bug fixes
chcon --verbose now prints a newline after each message