Re: dd PATCH: add conv=direct

From: Valdis . Kletnieks
Date: Wed Apr 07 2004 - 16:02:09 EST


On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 15:43:41 CDT, Andy Isaacson said:
> On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 01:03:08PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > If you want a block scrubber then write a block scrubber.
> They exist. They're a pain in the ass to find when you need one. dd is

And finding a block scrubber that actually works *properly* is even more of a
challenge. I've seen more than a few that do stupid things like truncating the
file and then writing the appropriate number of bytes....

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