GNU bug report logs - #54586
dd conv options doc

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>

Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 20:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 54586-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Cc: 54586-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54586: dd conv options doc
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2022 23:47:36 -0500

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 3/26/22 15:29, Karl Berry wrote:
> why would I want data to be synced and not metadata?

Performance, in apps that don't care about the metadata. Admittedly for 
dd the use case is rare; it's mostly present so that dd exports all the 
open flags to the user.

I installed the attached to try to document this better.

[0001-dd-doc-improvement-Bug-54586.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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