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| author | Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> | 2008-07-23 11:29:21 +0200 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2008-07-23 15:55:45 +0200 |
| commit | f674a10f7ebc55de6181007a5216a297e3dc3365 (patch) | |
| tree | 656d939f65f7bb6263a1648f6152fd9fb4c5f437 /NEWS | |
| parent | 4fff95cfe1b1c11501759d8cb5386489628dfabb (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-f674a10f7ebc55de6181007a5216a297e3dc3365.tar.xz | |
dd: new option: iflag=fullblock to accumulate full input blocks
* src/dd.c (iread_fullblock): New function for reading full blocks.
(scanargs): Check for new parameter iflag=fullblock.
(skip): Use iread_fnc pointer instead of iread function.
(dd_copy): Use iread_fnc pointer instead of iread function.
* tests/dd/misc: Add test for dd - read full blocks.
* doc/coretuils.texi: Mention new parameter iflag=fullblock.
* NEWS: Mentioned the change.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ 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 |