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Re: [PATCH] dd - support for reading of full blocks
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Kamil Dudka |
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Re: [PATCH] dd - support for reading of full blocks |
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Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:59:00 +0200 |
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On Friday 18 July 2008 03:54:41 pm you wrote:
> As for the new name, iflag=block would be my preference if it weren't
> for the existence of conv=block/unblock and iflag=nonblock. Too much
> room for misunderstanding.
>
> I'd be happy with either of the following, with a slight preference for
> the first (it's shorter and doesn't need the "read" prefix to indicate
> that it affects only how input is read):
>
> iflag=fullblock
> conv=readfullblock
Ok, changed to iflag=fullblock - new patch in attachment.
> Kamil, with new features, it is customary to write tests
> to exercise the new functionality. One way would be
> to do something like this, but appending the new option
>
> $ (echo a; sleep .1; echo b) \
>
> | dd conv=block cbs=5 status=noxfer > out 2> err
>
> and then comparing "out" and "err" against expected outputs.
Ok, test added to dd/misc. Thank you for advice.
Kamil
coreutils-dd-fullblock.patch
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- [PATCH] dd - support for reading of full blocks, Kamil Dudka, 2008/07/17
- Re: [PATCH] dd - support for reading of full blocks, Pádraig Brady, 2008/07/17
- Re: [PATCH] dd - support for reading of full blocks, Kamil Dudka, 2008/07/17
- Re: [PATCH] dd - support for reading of full blocks, Pádraig Brady, 2008/07/17
- Re: [PATCH] dd - support for reading of full blocks, Jim Meyering, 2008/07/18
- Re: [PATCH] dd - support for reading of full blocks,
Kamil Dudka <=
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- Re: [PATCH] dd - support for reading of full blocks, Kamil Dudka, 2008/07/23
- Re: [PATCH] dd - support for reading of full blocks, Jim Meyering, 2008/07/23
- Re: [PATCH] dd - support for reading of full blocks, Jim Meyering, 2008/07/24