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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2012-11-17 08:23:47 -0800 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2012-11-17 08:24:16 -0800 |
| commit | 42ba783720244c29cf5b24dcd3196f86569db332 (patch) | |
| tree | 8ed5cea47109cce977227821b1f6fba65d64c2df /doc | |
| parent | 39b261651767a1d5172fbe85c2f30a59a13e666b (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-42ba783720244c29cf5b24dcd3196f86569db332.tar.xz | |
doc: explain why dd is called "dd"
* doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Mention JCL.
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 7f8c0d194..70e7ca09c 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -8045,7 +8045,9 @@ dd @var{option} @end example The only options are @option{--help} and @option{--version}. -@xref{Common options}. @command{dd} accepts the following operands. +@xref{Common options}. @command{dd} accepts the following operands, +whose syntax was inspired by the DD (data definition) statement of +OS/360 JCL. @table @samp |