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Re: dd PATCH: add conv=direct
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: dd PATCH: add conv=direct |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:20:05 -0700 |
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James Antill <address@hidden> writes:
>> dd has new iflags= and oflags= options with the following flags:
>>
>> nonblock use non-blocking I/O
>
> What is this supposed to do when it gets EWOULDBLOCK? There seems to
> be no change in the read/write code. So I can only assume it fails
> with an error code
Yes, that's what it does.
> which seems like the worst behaviour possible.
Its only current use that I can see is to have "dd" refuse to block.
I can think of uses for that but admittedly they're not something that
I would do often.
What would be better behavior? That is, what uses should "dd" make of
that flag?
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