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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2006-12-21 10:24:51 +0100
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2006-12-21 10:24:51 +0100
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* coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Add to the description of cbs.
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@@ -7176,7 +7176,12 @@ overriding @samp{ibs} and @samp{obs}.
@opindex cbs
@cindex block size of conversion
@cindex conversion block size
+@cindex fixed-length records, converting to variable-length
+@cindex variable-length records, converting to fixed-length
Set the conversion block size to @var{bytes}.
+When converting variable-length records to fixed-length ones
+(@option{conv=block}) or the reverse (@option{conv=unblock}),
+use @var{bytes} as the fixed record length.
@item skip=@var{blocks}
@opindex skip