Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 01:24:25 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unusual Question Message-ID: <20170714011941.C20026@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20170713231222.U20026@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <mailman.95.1499860802.27627.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <20170713231222.U20026@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
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On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 01:12:17 +1000, Ian Smith wrote: > There is no oskip; I have to check dd(1) every time myself .. there's: > iseek=n Seek on the input file n blocks. This is synonymous with > skip=n. > oseek=n Seek on the output file n blocks. This is synonymous with > seek=n. [..] > > I didn't capture this but I did run the dd with the oskip of the big > > number and it showed all zeros. > > There is no oskip. oseek (aka skip) would work. Argh .. I've done it myself: that should say oseek (aka seek). For this very reason I _never_ use iseek or oseek, being quite confused enough :) cheers, Ian
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