Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:04:48 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Juri Mianovich <juri_mian@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: oflag option in GNU dd - equivalent in FreeBSD dd ? Message-ID: <20071022190448.GA3496@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <398795.23954.qm@web45616.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <398795.23954.qm@web45616.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
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In the last episode (Oct 22), Juri Mianovich said: > I am used to using this command in Linux, using GNU > dd: > > dd if=/blah of=/bleh oflag=append conv=notrunc > > The problem is, FreeBSD 'dd' does not understand the > "oflag" argument. > > Is there some equivalent in the FreeBSD 'dd' syntax > that I can use, or am I forced to install GNU utils ? Why not "cat /blah >> /bleh" ? dd is usually used on raw device nodes, and appending doesn't make sense there. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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