GNU bug report logs - #7362
dd strangeness

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Lucia Rotger <lucia <at> aircomp.aero>

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:26:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #105 received at 7362 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 7362 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7362: dd strangeness
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:29:08 -0800

On 03/04/2011 05:44 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> +  if ((output_flags & O_DIRECT) && w_partial == 1)
> +    {
> +      error (0, 0, _("dd: warning: partial read; oflag=direct disabled; "
> +                     "suggest iflag=fullblock"));

This diagnostic looks wrong.  w_partial means there
was a partial *write*, not a partial *read*.  Anyway,
we should use a better overall solution for partial
reads; I'll try to come up with one.
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