> > Hi, i have a question.
> >
> > Why 'dd' does not seek over 'char' devs (specifically raw disk partitions).
>
> Not all character devices support seeking. So, we work with the LCD...
> Sorry, I don't like this either. It would be better, maybe, just to fix
> character devices.
couldn't we first try lseek and only do the reads on char devs where
the lseek fails ?
> You certainly make a good case. modify your local copy of dd to do
> what you want.
generally this is not the kind of things you can do when your system
has already gone bad (this was a laptop's disk...)
> >
> > I notice that on output lseek _is_ used also on char devices.
>
> And how else would you do it?
ok, stupid observation!
cheers
luigi
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