GNU bug report logs - #14108
Bug in dd

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Haneef Mubarak <haneef503 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 14108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: Haneef Mubarak <haneef503 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 14108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14108: Bug in dd
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:02:23 -0600

Bob Proulx wrote:
> However errors are reported normally.
> 
>   $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/full bs=1k count=1
>   dd: writing ‘/dev/full’: No space left on device
>   1+0 records in
>   0+0 records out
>   0 bytes (0 B) copied, 0.000184665 s, 0.0 kB/s

I meant to say:

  $ dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/full bs=1k count=1
  dd: writing ‘/dev/full’: No space left on device

Showing that errors are reported normally even if status=none is
given.

Bob
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