David Haller wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, 22 Jun 2020, Dale wrote: >> David Haller wrote: >>> On Thu, 18 Jun 2020, Dale wrote: >>>> David Haller wrote: > [..] >>>>> ./ones | dd of=/dev/null bs=8M count=1000 iflag=fullblock >>> [..] >>>> I got it to compile, at least it created a file named ones anyway. What >>>> I'm unclear about, where is the if= for dd in the command? All the >>>> commands I've seen before has a if= and a of=. The if for input and of >>>> for output or target. >>> ==== man 1 dd ==== >>> if=FILE >>> read from FILE instead of stdin >>> [..] >>> of=FILE >>> write to FILE instead of stdout >>> ==== >>> >>> note the stuff after 'instead' ;) >> So it is piped in with the | thingy? Got it. > Exactly. Hm. Maybe 'dev_one' might be a better name for the program... > Or something ;) > > [..] >> Thanks much. > You're welcome. > > -dnh >
That name makes sense. Later on, I might look at that file and say, what is that for? Hit delete and down the rabbit hole it goes. I think I'll go do that and also edit my notes as well. Before I forget it. ;-) Now I have a way to write ones to a drive or file. Yeppie! Dale :-) :-) P. S. I hope the new glasses, when they come in, helps my memory. Never hurts to hope right?
