Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: coreutils > Version: 5.2.1-2 > Severity: wishlist > > dd should either always use O_DIRECT for reading and writing, or it should > allow one to set it as an option. /dev/raw is deprecated, and many dd uses > really are a prime candidate for O_DIRECT.
FYI, this feature is available in the latest upstream test release: ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.3.0.tar.gz ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.3.0.tar.bz2 Here's the relevant part of the NEWS file: dd has new conversions for the conv= option: nocreat do not create the output file excl fail if the output file already exists fdatasync physically write output file data before finishing fsync likewise, but also write metadata dd has new iflag= and oflag= 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
