[patch #4978] hexadecimal support for dd

Update of patch #4978 (project coreutils): Status:None => Wont Do Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___ Reply to this item at:

Re: [patch #4978] hexadecimal support for dd

Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=$((0xe)) count=1 This is a good suggestion; thanks. dd could support 'dd bs=0xe' as a pure extension to POSIX, since POSIX requires that the operands of 'x' must be positive. However, that's pretty flaky, and I'd ra

Re: [patch #4978] hexadecimal support for dd

* Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060323 14:52]: > Follow-up Comment #3, patch #4978 (project coreutils): > > Short, easy to type, conforming to POSIX: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=$((0xe)) count=1 I agree. This is simple enough to make the patch unnecessary. Stefan __

[patch #4978] hexadecimal support for dd

Follow-up Comment #3, patch #4978 (project coreutils): Short, easy to type, conforming to POSIX: dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=$((0xe)) count=1 ___ Reply to this item at:

[patch #4978] hexadecimal support for dd

Follow-up Comment #2, patch #4978 (project coreutils): How about introducing new operands? POSIX requires 'x' to mean multiplication of decimal values in bs, cbs, ibs, and obs; but for count, skip, and seek, it only documents a value 'n'. So for the former, why not introduce bsx, cbsx, ibsx, an

[patch #4978] hexadecimal support for dd

Update of patch #4978 (project coreutils): Assigned to:None => eggert ___ Follow-up Comment #1: Alas, this is an incompatible change; look for how 'x' is treated in the very next line of s

[patch #4978] hexadecimal support for dd

URL: Summary: hexadecimal support for dd Project: GNU Core Utilities Submitted by: None Submitted on: Fri 03/17/06 at 13:11 Category: None Prio