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@@ -71,9 +71,18 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
** New features
- dd's new iflag=noatime option causes it to read a file without
- updating its access time, on hosts that support this (currently only
- Linux kernels, version 2.6.8 and later).
+ New dd iflag= and oflag= flags:
+
+ 'directory' causes dd to fail unless the file is a directory, on
+ hosts that support this (e.g., Linux kernels, version 2.1.126 and
+ later). This has limited utility but is present for completeness.
+
+ 'noatime' causes dd to read a file without updating its access
+ time, on hosts that support this (e.g., Linux kernels, version
+ 2.6.8 and later).
+
+ 'nolinks' causes dd to fail if the file has multiple hard links,
+ on hosts that support this (e.g., Solaris 10 and later).
rm now accepts the -I (--interactive=once) option. This new option
prompts once if rm is invoked recursively or if more than three