coreutils/tests/dd/direct, branch next Mirror of https://https.git.savannah.gnu.org/git/coreutils.git/ https://git.shady.money/coreutils/atom?h=next 2009-08-06T07:41:50Z dd: work around buffer length restrictions with oflag=direct (O_DIRECT) 2009-08-06T07:41:50Z Jim Meyering meyering@redhat.com 2009-08-04T17:54:58Z urn:sha1:5929322ccb1f9d27c1b07b746d37419d17a7cbf6 dd oflag=direct would fail to copy a file with size that is not a multiple of 512 (destination file system specific) * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. * src/dd.c (iwrite): Turn off O_DIRECT for any smaller-than-obs-sized write. Don't bother to restore it. * tests/dd/direct: New test for the above. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add dd/direct. * doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Mention oflag=direct buffer size restriction. Details in http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/17586 Reported by Eric Sandeen.