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

2005-01-16 Thread 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 and BSD. I know leaving it out will default to stdin and stdout but I should also be able to specify it

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

2005-01-16 Thread Geoffrey Lee
On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 11:55:09AM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Note: I am not the Maintainer ! > > 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/e