From 0c91ae335d45250ed9024ededd36aac40e071d7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:35:58 +0100 Subject: doc: dd: document that the default block size is 512 bytes * src/dd.c (usage): Document the default block size. * doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document that the default block size (bs, ibs, obs) is 512 bytes. Reported by Petr Uzel. --- src/dd.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'src') diff --git a/src/dd.c b/src/dd.c index 4604ced9a..6837b7b90 100644 --- a/src/dd.c +++ b/src/dd.c @@ -463,16 +463,16 @@ Usage: %s [OPERAND]...\n\ fputs (_("\ Copy a file, converting and formatting according to the operands.\n\ \n\ - bs=BYTES read and write BYTES bytes at a time\n\ + bs=BYTES read and write BYTES bytes at a time (also see ibs=,obs=)\n\ cbs=BYTES convert BYTES bytes at a time\n\ conv=CONVS convert the file as per the comma separated symbol list\n\ count=BLOCKS copy only BLOCKS input blocks\n\ - ibs=BYTES read BYTES bytes at a time\n\ + ibs=BYTES read BYTES bytes at a time (default: 512)\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ if=FILE read from FILE instead of stdin\n\ iflag=FLAGS read as per the comma separated symbol list\n\ - obs=BYTES write BYTES bytes at a time\n\ + obs=BYTES write BYTES bytes at a time (default: 512)\n\ of=FILE write to FILE instead of stdout\n\ oflag=FLAGS write as per the comma separated symbol list\n\ seek=BLOCKS skip BLOCKS obs-sized blocks at start of output\n\ -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2