GNU bug report logs - #45648
`dd` seek/skip which way is up?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Bela Lubkin <bela.lubkin <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 06:32:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bela Lubkin <bela.lubkin <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>, 45648 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45648: `dd` seek/skip which way is up?
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 20:08:36 -0800

On 1/4/21 7:44 PM, Bela Lubkin wrote:
> TLDR: *huge* existing presence of 'iseek' and 'oseek'; most OSes document
> them as pure synonyms for 'skip' and 'seek'.

Thanks for doing all that research. It's compelling, and I think your 
patch (or something like it) should go in. I'll wait for a bit to hear 
other opinions.
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