GNU bug report logs - #9157
[PATCH] dd: sparse conv flag

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Roman Rybalko <devel <at> romanr.info>

Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:42:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #38 received at 9157 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 9157 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, roman.rybalko <at> romanr.info
Subject: Re: bug#9157: [PATCH] dd: sparse conv flag
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:50:36 -0800

On 02/27/2012 05:09 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> how
> to handle existing regular files with conv=trunc.
> I.E. seeking over existing possible non NUL data.
> It's too dangerous/inconsistent to do this for files I think.

Why?  This is *dd* we're talking about here.
It's *supposed* to be used for tricky stuff like this.

If one interprets conv=sparse to mean "write sparsely",
rather than "create a sparse file that exactly mimics
the input's sparseness", then everything should be clear,
no?
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