GNU bug report logs - #13391
dd silently ignores lseek error

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Message #31 received at 13391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
Cc: neil.klopfenstein <at> gmail.com, 13391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13391: dd silently ignores lseek error
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:56:44 +0000

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On 01/09/2013 10:08 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 01/09/2013 07:36 AM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
>> why not check input_seekable where it is set - ~60 lines above?
>
> I was trying to keep related code together.
>
>
> Thanks for all the reviews, which I've fixed locally.
>
> To provide an argument for why this shouldn't go in,
> the following is equivalent:
>
>    python -c 'import os; os.lseek(0,0,os.SEEK_CUR)' 2>/dev/null < /the/file &&
>    dd if=/the/file ...
>
> So if the need is esoteric enough the above might suffice?
>
> I'll leave it stew for  a while longer.

I'm still 50:50 give the above,
so I'll not push until I get more positive feedback.
The latest is attached for reference.

thanks,
Pádraig.

[dd-seekable.diff (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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