Hi, Debian user 'club': How can I get off this list in Android mobile? It's filling my mailbox; 5-10 emails a day!!! Gunnar
On Fri, 2 Jul 2021, 18:03 David Wright, <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri 02 Jul 2021 at 13:35:17 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 07:31:24AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 09:49:23AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > sudo dd of=/etc/hosts oflags=append > > > > > > This appears to be a typo for "oflag=append", which is a GNU extension, > > > not part of the standard POSIX dd. No wonder I didn't know about it. > ;-) > > > > > > The bullseye version of GNU coreutils dd also gives a warning message > > > with this particular flag: > > > > > > unicorn:~$ echo g | dd of=foo oflag=append > > > dd: you probably want conv=notrunc with oflag=append > > > 0+1 records in > > > 0+1 records out > > > 2 bytes copied, 9.141e-05 s, 21.9 kB/s > > > > > > Not sure if that's unique to bullseye. But anyway, yes, the warning > > > is accurate; without conv=notrunc, my test file "foo" got overwritten > > > with just the "g". > > > > Eek. Thanks. > > This reminds me of the sentiment expressed in > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/08/msg01454.html > > Cheers, > David. > >
