package coreutils tags 12794 notabug stop On 11/03/2012 07:08 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
On 11/03/2012 08:28 AM, Ganton wrote:when I do backups, I see "errors" from dd... that really aren't.You have a point, but I'm afraid that dd is documented to behave that way, and it's part of the POSIX standard, and lots of people depend on it. To turn off the chatter, use "dd status=noxfer".
Or the newer more encompassing "status=none" thanks, Pádraig.
