bug-coreutils@gnu.org
Subject: Re: enhancement request for a long word byte swap option for
'dd'
Mike Lockhart wrote:
> What I'm looking for is an end-to-end swap. e.g. swap f841 to
> 41f8 so that 'od' will return 3.100e+01
What options are you using to &#x
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From: Bob Proulx [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 7:24 PM
To: Mike Lockhart
Cc: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
Subject: Re: enhancement request for a long word byte swap option for
'dd'
Mike Lockhart wrote:
> What I'm looking for is an end-to-end swap. e.
Mike Lockhart wrote:
> What I'm looking for is an end-to-end swap. e.g. swap f841 to
> 41f8 so that 'od' will return 3.100e+01
What options are you using to 'od'?
> I can write a byte-swap function in awk, but I can't translate the
> floats into something I can understand - it would
:08 PM
To: Mike Lockhart
Cc: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
Subject: Re: enhancement request for a long word byte swap option for
'dd'
Mike Lockhart wrote:
> To avoid endian issues, all our output binary files are written
> big-endian.
Binary data files need a defined format and one is as g
y, June 29, 2006 11:01 PM
To: Mike Lockhart
Cc: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
Subject: Re: enhancement request for a long word byte swap option for
'dd'
"Mike Lockhart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> For 4-byte words (floats, long integers), however, this doesn't work.
>
>
Mike Lockhart wrote:
> To avoid endian issues, all our output binary files are written
> big-endian.
Binary data files need a defined format and one is as good as the
other. Depending upon your point of view little endian machines seem
to be more popular these days though. I actually think that
"Mike Lockhart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> For 4-byte words (floats, long integers), however, this doesn't work.
>
> How does one go about asking for an enhancement, say, for 'dd' -
You've done it. Thanks.
To make it happen, it would help if you:
* Looked for existing practice. Maybe so
