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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/dd.c | 2 |
4 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2006-08-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + * src/dd.c (usage): Warn about oflag=append without conv=notrunc. + See Debian bug 373736. + * src/dircolors.hin: Add mlterm, rxvt-unicode; this fixes Debian bug 317503. diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 3f0f26a32..6cdf3743f 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2006-08-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Warn about oflag=append without + conv=notrunc. See Debian bug 373736. + 2006-08-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> * coreutils.texi (shuf invocation, Random sources): New sections. diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 5a497614f..bf4d32f37 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -7302,6 +7302,9 @@ system. Write in append mode, so that even if some other process is writing to this file, every @command{dd} write will append to the current contents of the file. This flag makes sense only for output. +If you combine this flag with the @samp{of=@var{file}} operand, +you should also specify @samp{conv=notrunc} unless you want the +output file to be truncated before being appended to. @item direct @opindex direct @@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ Each CONV symbol may be:\n\ \n\ Each FLAG symbol may be:\n\ \n\ - append append mode (makes sense only for output)\n\ + append append mode (makes sense only for output; conv=notrunc suggested)\n\ "), stdout); if (O_DIRECT) fputs (_(" direct use direct I/O for data\n"), stdout); |