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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-04-22 07:28:58 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-04-22 07:28:58 +0000
commitf553273be874c4c90d0eaaf98faf21152dcf5022 (patch)
treea65a905468bbaeb8bb44c827f8da5a56d6b1692c /src
parent096c85ad5f3b4fceba8ad41bbfd6c0b6be79fd00 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-f553273be874c4c90d0eaaf98faf21152dcf5022.tar.xz
(usage): Mention that sync makes dd pad with spaces (rather than NULs)
when used with block or unblock.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/dd.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/dd.c b/src/dd.c
index 7d8c78b85..22fc69ca6 100644
--- a/src/dd.c
+++ b/src/dd.c
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ Each KEYWORD may be:\n\
ucase change lower case to upper case\n\
swab swap every pair of input bytes\n\
noerror continue after read errors\n\
- sync pad every input block with NULs to ibs-size\n\
+ sync pad every input block with NULs to ibs-size; when used\n\
+ block or unblock, pad with spaces rather than NULs\n\
"));
puts (_("\nReport bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>."));
}