dd seek=N now conforms to POSIX if the output isn't seekable.

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Paul Eggert 2005-05-28 04:22:43 +00:00
parent 8f10bd11cf
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@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
On hosts lacking the INFO signal, dd no longer treats the USR1
signal as if it were INFO when POSIXLY_CORRECT is set.
If the file F is non-seekable and contains fewer than N blocks,
then before copying "dd seek=N of=F" now extends F with zeroed
blocks until F contains N blocks.
fold changes:
When POSIXLY_CORRECT is set, "fold file -3" is now equivalent to