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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index ea35afe29..9f6c734ca 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -8062,22 +8062,29 @@ Swap every pair of input bytes. @sc{gnu} @command{dd}, unlike others, works when an odd number of bytes are read---the last byte is simply copied (since there is nothing to swap it with). -@item noerror -@opindex noerror -@cindex read errors, ignoring -Continue after read errors. +@item sync +@opindex sync @r{(padding with @acronym{ASCII} @sc{nul}s)} +Pad every input block to size of @samp{ibs} with trailing zero bytes. +When used with @samp{block} or @samp{unblock}, pad with spaces instead of +zero bytes. -@item nocreat -@opindex nocreat -@cindex creating output file, avoiding -Do not create the output file; the output file must already exist. +@end table + +The following ''conversions'' are really file flags +and don't effect and internal processing: +@table @samp @item excl @opindex excl @cindex creating output file, requiring Fail if the output file already exists; @command{dd} must create the output file itself. +@item nocreat +@opindex nocreat +@cindex creating output file, avoiding +Do not create the output file; the output file must already exist. + The @samp{excl} and @samp{nocreat} conversions are mutually exclusive. @item notrunc @@ -8085,11 +8092,10 @@ The @samp{excl} and @samp{nocreat} conversions are mutually exclusive. @cindex truncating output file, avoiding Do not truncate the output file. -@item sync -@opindex sync @r{(padding with @acronym{ASCII} @sc{nul}s)} -Pad every input block to size of @samp{ibs} with trailing zero bytes. -When used with @samp{block} or @samp{unblock}, pad with spaces instead of -zero bytes. +@item noerror +@opindex noerror +@cindex read errors, ignoring +Continue after read errors. @item fdatasync @opindex fdatasync |