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bug#45648: `dd` seek/skip which way is up?


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#45648: `dd` seek/skip which way is up?
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 20:08:36 -0800
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On 1/4/21 7:44 PM, Bela Lubkin wrote:
TLDR: *huge* existing presence of 'iseek' and 'oseek'; most OSes document
them as pure synonyms for 'skip' and 'seek'.

Thanks for doing all that research. It's compelling, and I think your patch (or something like it) should go in. I'll wait for a bit to hear other opinions.





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