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Document dd's new 'directory' and 'nolinks' flags.

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Paul Eggert 2006-03-08 18:57:21 +00:00
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@ -71,9 +71,18 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
** New features
dd's new iflag=noatime option causes it to read a file without
updating its access time, on hosts that support this (currently only
Linux kernels, version 2.6.8 and later).
New dd iflag= and oflag= flags:
'directory' causes dd to fail unless the file is a directory, on
hosts that support this (e.g., Linux kernels, version 2.1.126 and
later). This has limited utility but is present for completeness.
'noatime' causes dd to read a file without updating its access
time, on hosts that support this (e.g., Linux kernels, version
2.6.8 and later).
'nolinks' causes dd to fail if the file has multiple hard links,
on hosts that support this (e.g., Solaris 10 and later).
rm now accepts the -I (--interactive=once) option. This new option
prompts once if rm is invoked recursively or if more than three