GNU bug report logs - #12794
Bug in dd: it sends wrong messages to stderr

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Ganton <kubry <at> terra.com>

Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 17:46:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 12794 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu
Subject: Re: bug#12794: Bug in dd: it sends wrong messages to stderr
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2012 23:46:56 +0000
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.




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