GNU bug report logs - #15578
Parameter -d or --direct to open files with flag O_DIRECT?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Kyle Sallee <kyle.sallee <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 23:21:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 15578 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Kyle Sallee <kyle.sallee <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 15578 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15578: Parameter -d or --direct to open files with flag
 O_DIRECT?
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:08:30 +0100

On 10/10/2013 12:18 AM, Kyle Sallee wrote:
> Please consider the attached gzipped patch file.
> It provides additional parameters for cat.
> The additional parameter allows cat to open files and read content
> without storing the content in the kernel's block cache.
> 

dd supports this already and is more sorted to
lower level setting like this.
Could you describe _why_ you would like this in cat particularly.

thanks,
Pádraig.
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