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Re: [bug] dd: misleading "invalid argument" for a filename
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Maciej Pilichowski |
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Re: [bug] dd: misleading "invalid argument" for a filename |
Date: |
Sat, 5 Dec 2009 17:13:52 +0100 |
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Hello,
> Pádraig Brady:
>
> For portability and maintainability reasons
> we can't really be reinterpreting the errors
No, I didn't mean that -- I mean the first part. Instead of indicating
the invalid argument was filename, point out that the flag was the
cause. Something like this:
dd: iflag=direct: Invalid argument
Of course if it is possible.
PLEASE keep me in CC while replying because I am not subscriber
to this ML. Thank you.
Cheers,