Shaul Karl wrote:

 Is the following expected?

   # printf "\xa2" | dd of=/dev/port bs=1 count=1 skip=675
   0+0 records in
   0+0 records out
   0 bytes transferred in 0.001999 seconds (0 bytes/sec)
   # printf "$?\n"
   0

I run it as root. Why there were 0 bytes transferred and still it is a 0 return code? Is there any significance in the fact that there were


What does strace(1) say about this?

--Amos



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