Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264166AbUDGVAl (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:00:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264170AbUDGVAl (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:00:41 -0400 Received: from turing-police.cirt.vt.edu ([128.173.54.129]:48001 "EHLO turing-police.cirt.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264166AbUDGVAk (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:00:40 -0400 Message-Id: <200404072100.i37L0QGe005005@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4+dev To: Andy Isaacson Cc: Andrew Morton , bug-coreutils@gnu.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: dd PATCH: add conv=direct In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Apr 2004 15:43:41 CDT." <20040407204341.GF2814@hexapodia.org> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20040406220358.GE4828@hexapodia.org> <20040406173326.0fbb9d7a.akpm@osdl.org> <20040407173116.GB2814@hexapodia.org> <20040407111841.78ae0021.akpm@osdl.org> <20040407192432.GD2814@hexapodia.org> <20040407123455.0de9ffa9.akpm@osdl.org> <20040407194727.GE2814@hexapodia.org> <20040407130308.7c7ec8dc.akpm@osdl.org> <20040407204341.GF2814@hexapodia.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_-1448953862P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 17:00:26 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1102 Lines: 31 --==_Exmh_-1448953862P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 15:43:41 CDT, Andy Isaacson said: > On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 01:03:08PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > If you want a block scrubber then write a block scrubber. > They exist. They're a pain in the ass to find when you need one. dd is And finding a block scrubber that actually works *properly* is even more of a challenge. I've seen more than a few that do stupid things like truncating the file and then writing the appropriate number of bytes.... --==_Exmh_-1448953862P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFAdGvqcC3lWbTT17ARAt7TAJ9tKIEw1xA8m4+Emteu1C7mbz3XVgCeNHLz PUHI9AWvkUYijQZ5N0IFKBg= =qF7w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1448953862P-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/