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[PATCH] doc: clarify in dd man page that bs= overrides [io]bs=


From: Pádraig Brady
Subject: [PATCH] doc: clarify in dd man page that bs= overrides [io]bs=
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:05:13 -0700

From: Chris Davies <address@hidden>

* src/dd.c (usage): Add the extra info.
Reported in https://bugs.debian.org/859021
---
 src/dd.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/dd.c b/src/dd.c
index 3638a0a..8ab1efa 100644
--- a/src/dd.c
+++ b/src/dd.c
@@ -560,7 +560,8 @@ Usage: %s [OPERAND]...\n\
       fputs (_("\
 Copy a file, converting and formatting according to the operands.\n\
 \n\
-  bs=BYTES        read and write up to BYTES bytes at a time\n\
+  bs=BYTES        read and write up to BYTES bytes at a time (default: 512);\n\
+                  overrides ibs and 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=N         copy only N input blocks\n\
-- 
2.9.3




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