Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 12:46:57 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> To: cem@freebsd.org Cc: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r343118 - in head/usr.sbin: . trim Message-ID: <201901172046.x0HKkvWs011502@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> of "Thu, 17 Jan 2019 12:24:33 -0800." <CAG6CVpX78rHMtWTm97We50qy_D2jX79upn-9TjMy90cZeyVecQ@mail.gmail.com>
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In message <CAG6CVpX78rHMtWTm97We50qy_D2jX79upn-9TjMy90cZeyVecQ@mail.gma il.com> , Conrad Meyer writes: > On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 12:22 PM Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> wrot > e: > > This is wrong. IIRC there was discussion that this should be in dd(1). > > Why not submit a revision to add the functionality to dd? > > Well, it's wrong, but not because we need another weird dd mode. dd > is hard enough to use already. I've never found dd confusing. What's wrong conv=erase? If it must stay, sderase is a better name. That's really what it does. Ports maybe? -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.
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