Re: iflags=fullblock should be the default, shouldn't it?

[Pádraig Brady]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> 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.

That's interesting and I certainly didn't know that.
A short note would be appreciated for the info docs.

cheers,
Pádraig.