GNU bug report logs - #29316
doc: dd: explain meaning of "block","block-length"

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: kalle <kalle <at> projektwerkstatt.de>

Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:38:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: kalle <kalle <at> projektwerkstatt.de>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: info dd: documentation feedback
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 12:37:22 +0100

hello,
what I think is missing in info coreutils/page `dd' are better
explanations of the concept of a 'block' and what the
block-length/property blocked - unblocked means to a file.

greetings,
kalle
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