On 07/18/2013 05:02 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > /* POSIX doesn't say what to do when dd detects it has been > asked to skip past EOF, so I assume it's non-fatal.
OTOH, POSIX says: (http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/dd.html) [...] If some other error is detected, a diagnostic message shall be written and the copy operation shall be discontinued. Hmm, whatever they mean with "some other error" - couldn't this be such a seek-on-input failure? Have a nice day, Berny
