Bug#290727: /bin/dd: if= / of= does not support /dev/stdin or /dev/stdout

[Michelle Konzack]

Note:   I am not the Maintainer !

Am 2005-01-13 17:49:26, schrieb Geoffrey Lee:
> Package: coreutils
> Version: 5.2.1-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi
> 
> the /bin/dd program does not seem to like reading from /dev/stdin or
> outputing to /dev/stdout.  Is this intended?  It works in Solaris 

Do it right...

> and BSD.  I know leaving it out will default to stdin and stdout but
> I should also be able to specify it specifically.
> 
> On Sid:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ^at^cat
> cat /bin/echo | dd if=/dev/stdin bs=1 count=1234
> dd: opening `/dev/stdin': No such file or directory
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ 

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ > cat /bin/echo |dd bs=1 count=123 >/tmp/out 2>&1
ELF



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123+0
 Records ein
123+0 Records aus


Any problems ?

It works on SLINK, POTATO, WOODY, SARGE and SID

>       - g.

Greetings
Michelle

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