Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: dd PATCH: add conv=direct | From | Philippe Troin <> | Date | 08 Apr 2004 09:23:21 -0700 |
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Paul Eggert <eggert@CS.UCLA.EDU> writes:
> dd has new iflags= and oflags= options with the following flags: > > append append mode (makes sense for output file only) > direct use direct I/O for data > dsync use synchronized I/O for data > sync likewise, but also for metadata > nonblock use non-blocking I/O > nofollow do not follow symlinks > noctty do not assign controlling terminal from file
noctty definitely seems overkill... I can't see why dd would ever want to open a file without O_NOCTTY. On systems where O_NOCTTY makes sense (SvR4) that is.
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