Re: [PATCH] dd conv=unblock: print final newline consistently

[Eric Blake]

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According to Jim Meyering on 9/10/2009 4:26 AM:
> I don't like last-minute changes, but this seems safe, considering it's in
> an obscure corner of dd.  Who actually uses dd's conv=unblock option?
> Of those precious few, who would notice the additional newline that
> dd-with-this-patch now prints for most combinations of output size
> and conversion block size?
> 
> Comments welcome.
> 
> BTW, this change makes GNU dd compatible with the vendor dd from at
> least Solaris 10 and FreeBSD.

Sounds like a good reason to me.  And certainly more consistent with other
tools (I always get annoyed when Solaris sed refuses to operate on
trailing data that does not end in newline).  I didn't see anything wrong
with the patch.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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