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`dd` seek/skip which way is up?

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Message #14 received at 45648 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>,
 Bela Lubkin <bela.lubkin <at> gmail.com>, 45648 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45648: `dd` seek/skip which way is up?
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 18:06:37 -0800

On 1/4/21 3:07 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
>> I previously encountered a `dd` implementation which also accepted
>> 'oseek=N' and 'iseek=N', which I found far more natural and easy to
>> remember.
> What 'dd' implementation was this specifically?

Solaris dd has iseek and oseek. However, they are not aliases for skip 
and seek. If coreutils dd were to add these features I expect we should 
do them the Solaris way, instead of making them aliases for skip and 
seek. This would take more work than the proposed patches.

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E36784_01/html/E36871/dd-1m.html

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