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Re: [Wishlist] dd: per-block skip data option
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [Wishlist] dd: per-block skip data option |
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:52:26 -0800 |
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"Theodoros V. Kalamatianos" <address@hidden> writes:
> If the last output block is not obs-sized I think it is logical to
> asume that no seeking/padding should happen afterwards. But I am not
> sure what should happen if the block is obs-sized (i.e. a full
> output block).
For lack of a better alternative I'd say that if the last output block
is partial, it shouldn't be appended to with obseek=,N; but if it is a
full block, it should be appended to. Or am I missing the point?
> To seek/pad the output lseek is not enough - you have to actually
> write something for the file to expand to the new size.
Or you can call ftruncate (for regular files anyway).
This is related to the XCU ERN 64 issue I mentioned previously.