Pádraig Brady <[email protected]> writes: > I agree that iflags=fullblock should have _been_ the default. > However many scripts probably now depend on the current > default of reading what's available.
I'm afraid that's correct. As far as the GNU project goes, the "dd" command may set the record for backwards-compatibility constraints. The very name of the "dd" command, along with the names of some of its operands, comes from OS/360 JCL DD command, designed designed in the early 1960s. Hmm, maybe a brief comment to this effect should be in the manual? If there's interest, I could draft something. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
