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From: | Paul Eggert |
Subject: | Re: make 'dd conv=sync' pad last block |
Date: | Sun, 06 Jun 2004 12:14:38 -0700 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
Scott Weikart <address@hidden> writes: > tar cfb - 2 $files | dd of=/dev/nst0 obs=128k conv=sync > > But GNU dd in coreutils-5.2.1 doesn't pad the final output block. conv=sync is supposed to pad input blocks (ibs=), not output blocks (obs=). You might try "dd ibs=128k obs=128k conv=sync".
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