From f24ff8f42b45f868876bde7d21046c01188d42a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:09:37 +0100 Subject: * NEWS: dd bs= operands now silently override later ibs= and obs=, as POSIX requires. * src/dd.c (scanargs): Implement it. * tests/dd/misc (outbytes): Test it. * doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Specify that bs=N overrides later ibs and obs, undoing part of the previous change. (The behavior was wrong.) --- ChangeLog | 12 +++++++++--- NEWS | 3 +++ doc/coreutils.texi | 2 +- src/dd.c | 6 +++++- tests/dd/misc | 3 +++ 5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index e9c84ceb8..fa0a39bf3 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,6 +1,12 @@ -2006-12-21 Jim Meyering - - * Makefile.maint (patch-check): Fix shell quoting. +2006-12-21 Paul Eggert + + * NEWS: dd bs= operands now silently override later ibs= and obs=, + as POSIX requires. + * src/dd.c (scanargs): Implement it. + * tests/dd/misc (outbytes): Test it. + * doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Specify that bs=N + overrides later ibs and obs, undoing part of the + previous change. (The behavior was wrong.) 2006-12-20 Jim Meyering diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index bf1d28798..c934cd981 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- more file arguments. This was due to a double-free bug, introduced in coreutils-5.3.0. + dd bs= operands now silently override any later ibs= and obs= + operands, as POSIX and tradition require. + A cross-partition "mv /etc/passwd ~" (by non-root) now prints a reasonable diagnostic. Before, it would print this: "mv: cannot remove `/etc/passwd': Not a directory". diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index dfd9595f1..ab95db48a 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -7170,7 +7170,7 @@ This makes @command{dd} write @var{bytes} per block. @cindex block size Set both input and output block sizes to @var{bytes}. This makes @command{dd} read and write @var{bytes} per block, -overriding any preceding @samp{ibs} and @samp{obs} settings. +overriding any @samp{ibs} and @samp{obs} settings. @item cbs=@var{bytes} @opindex cbs diff --git a/src/dd.c b/src/dd.c index 3449e1253..1a3a4e426 100644 --- a/src/dd.c +++ b/src/dd.c @@ -873,6 +873,7 @@ static void scanargs (int argc, char **argv) { int i; + size_t blocksize = 0; for (i = optind; i < argc; i++) { @@ -923,7 +924,7 @@ scanargs (int argc, char **argv) else if (STREQ (name, "bs")) { invalid |= ! (0 < n && n <= MAX_BLOCKSIZE (INPUT_BLOCK_SLOP)); - output_blocksize = input_blocksize = n; + blocksize = n; } else if (STREQ (name, "cbs")) { @@ -948,6 +949,9 @@ scanargs (int argc, char **argv) } } + if (blocksize) + input_blocksize = output_blocksize = blocksize; + /* If bs= was given, both `input_blocksize' and `output_blocksize' will have been set to positive values. If either has not been set, bs= was not given, so make sure two buffers are used. */ diff --git a/tests/dd/misc b/tests/dd/misc index 2db5c5bd7..513221bce 100755 --- a/tests/dd/misc +++ b/tests/dd/misc @@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ if dd oflag=nolinks if=$tmp_in of=$tmp_out 2> /dev/null; then dd oflag=nolinks < $tmp_in > $tmp_out 2>&1 || fail=1 fi +outbytes=`echo x | dd bs=3 ibs=10 obs=10 conv=sync 2>/dev/null | wc -c` +test "$outbytes" -eq 3 || fail=1 + rm -f $tmp_in $tmp_in2 $tmp_sym $tmp_out exit $fail -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2