> > > Index: position.c
> > > ===================================================================
> > > RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/dd/position.c,v
> > > retrieving revision 1.7
> > > diff -u -p -r1.7 position.c
> > > --- position.c 11 Jun 2003 23:42:12 -0000 1.7
> > > +++ position.c 6 Nov 2006 12:07:54 -0000
> > > @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ pos_in(void)
> > > int warned;
> > >
> > > /* If not a pipe or tape device, try to seek on it. */
> > > - if (!(in.flags & (ISPIPE|ISTAPE))) {
> > > + if (!(in.flags & (ISPIPE|ISTAPE|ISCHR))) {
> > > if (lseek(in.fd, in.offset * in.dbsz, SEEK_CUR) == -1)
> > > err(1, "%s", in.name);
> > > return;
I may be reading this totally wrong, but won't this
change prevent using seek on a character disk device?
That would be a -major- loss of functionality as
dd has traditionally been used to read areas past
bad spots on disks. If I'm wrong, apologies to everyone.
geoff steckel
