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Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > 'cat' is probably doing a stat() on stdout and seeing it's connected > to /dev/null and not even bothering to do the write() call. I've seen > similar behavior in other GNU utilities. I can't see any special casing for /dev/null in cat's source, but I forgot to check dd with bigger block size. It's ok with bs=4096... -- Tobias PGP: http://9ac7e0bc.2ya.com This mail is made of 100% recycled bits. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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