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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)
tree5f196dc3e705b8b9c91b090256c543966ec90dbf /src/dd.c
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/src/dd.c b/src/dd.c
index 4604ced9a..6837b7b90 100644
--- a/src/dd.c
+++ b/src/dd.c
@@ -463,16 +463,16 @@ Usage: %s [OPERAND]...\n\
fputs (_("\
Copy a file, converting and formatting according to the operands.\n\
\n\
- bs=BYTES read and write BYTES bytes at a time\n\
+ bs=BYTES read and write BYTES bytes at a time (also see ibs=,obs=)\n\
cbs=BYTES convert BYTES bytes at a time\n\
conv=CONVS convert the file as per the comma separated symbol list\n\
count=BLOCKS copy only BLOCKS input blocks\n\
- ibs=BYTES read BYTES bytes at a time\n\
+ ibs=BYTES read BYTES bytes at a time (default: 512)\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
if=FILE read from FILE instead of stdin\n\
iflag=FLAGS read as per the comma separated symbol list\n\
- obs=BYTES write BYTES bytes at a time\n\
+ obs=BYTES write BYTES bytes at a time (default: 512)\n\
of=FILE write to FILE instead of stdout\n\
oflag=FLAGS write as per the comma separated symbol list\n\
seek=BLOCKS skip BLOCKS obs-sized blocks at start of output\n\