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Re: iflags=fullblock should be the default, shouldn't it?
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: iflags=fullblock should be the default, shouldn't it? |
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Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:28:40 -0700 |
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Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> writes:
> I agree that iflags=fullblock should have _been_ the default.
> However many scripts probably now depend on the current
> default of reading what's available.
I'm afraid that's correct.
As far as the GNU project goes, the "dd" command may set the record for
backwards-compatibility constraints. The very name of the "dd" command,
along with the names of some of its operands, comes from OS/360 JCL DD
command, designed designed in the early 1960s.
Hmm, maybe a brief comment to this effect should be in the manual? If
there's interest, I could draft something.