Re: [PATCH] dd: add a flag to discard cached data

2011-02-24 Thread Pádraig Brady
17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= p...@draigbrady.com Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:14:00 + Subject: [PATCH] dd: add a flag to discard cached data * src/dd.c (FFS_MASK): A new macro (Find First Set) refactored from the following enum as it's now used twice. (usage): Mention

Re: [PATCH] dd: add a flag to discard cached data

2011-02-24 Thread Jim Meyering
Pádraig Brady wrote: On 24/02/11 07:52, Jim Meyering wrote: One quick question: does the test need something to make it skip (not fail) on systems that lack kernel support for the feature? Oops right. Attached is latest version. ... +# Advise to drop cache for whole file +if ! dd

[PATCH] dd: add a flag to discard cached data

2011-02-22 Thread Pádraig Brady
5ebe7618f8d62a81e053a57390132e4013218416 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= p...@draigbrady.com Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:14:00 + Subject: [PATCH] dd: add a flag to discard cached data * src/dd.c (usage): Add the 'nocache' flag. (cache_round): A new function to help