From 47db304b3c7e527816c392f200c342a373e79bb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 04:24:14 +0000 Subject: dd seek=N now conforms to POSIX if the output isn't seekable. --- ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index b38fdedaa..082863819 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ * Version 5.3.1. + * NEWS: dd seek=N now conforms to POSIX if the output isn't seekable. + * src/dd.c (skip): Return the number of records that were not + skipped due to encountering EOF. + (dd_copy): If the file wasn't seekable and EOF was encountered, + write zeros past EOF until the desired offset is reached. + * NEWS: expr and test now correctly compare integers of unlimited size. (Also, correct a comment that claimed that expr detects integer overflow; it does so only when converting from strings.) -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf