From eee12ddc9d3ad84c2242c9c100ac5adaa8a83458 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 21:36:45 +0000 Subject: Remove noctty flag from dd. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 10 ++-------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 3b8cbe310..5ed8f749e 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -6666,18 +6666,12 @@ Use non-blocking I/O. @cindex symbolic links, following Do not follow symbolic links. -@item noctty -@opindex noctty -@cindex controlling terminal -Do not assign the file to be a controlling terminal for @command{dd}. -This has no effect when the file is not a terminal. - @end table These flags are not supported on all systems, and @samp{dd} rejects attempts to use them when they are not supported. When reading from -standard input or writing to standard output, the @samp{nofollow} and -@samp{noctty} flags should not be specified, and the other flags +standard input or writing to standard output, the @samp{nofollow} flag +should not be specified, and the other flags (e.g., @samp{nonblock}) can affect how other processes behave with the affected file descriptors, even after @command{dd} exits. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf