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@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@ -2004-06-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> +2004-06-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> * Version 5.3.0. + Enable direct-mode I/O (bypassing the buffer cache), if possible. + Prompted by a suggestion from Kalle Olavi Niemitalo + in http://bugs.debian.org/207035. + * src/shred.c (direct_mode): New function. + (do_wipefd): Turn on direct-mode I/O. + (dopass): If a file's first write fails with EINVAL, + turn off direct-mode I/O and retry the write. + +2004-06-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + * src/tr.c (main): "tr -d a b" is now a fatal error even if POSIXLY_CORRECT is set. The POSIX SYNOPSIS does not allow this option combination. |