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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2009-02-19 12:35:58 +0100
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2009-02-19 12:45:18 +0100
commit0c91ae335d45250ed9024ededd36aac40e071d7b (patch)
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parent0e40e9de57589095dba048a64dd842c116916dc3 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-0c91ae335d45250ed9024ededd36aac40e071d7b.tar.xz
doc: dd: document that the default block size is 512 bytes
* src/dd.c (usage): Document the default block size. * doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document that the default block size (bs, ibs, obs) is 512 bytes. Reported by Petr Uzel.
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 42234d36a..8d496ad37 100644
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@@ -7605,6 +7605,7 @@ bytes (or the size specified with @samp{seek=}).
@cindex input block size
Set the input block size to @var{bytes}.
This makes @command{dd} read @var{bytes} per block.
+The default is 512 bytes.
@item obs=@var{bytes}
@opindex obs
@@ -7612,6 +7613,7 @@ This makes @command{dd} read @var{bytes} per block.
@cindex output block size
Set the output block size to @var{bytes}.
This makes @command{dd} write @var{bytes} per block.
+The default is 512 bytes.
@item bs=@var{bytes}
@opindex bs