Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:09:28 -0500 | From | Andy Isaacson <> | Subject | Re: dd PATCH: add conv=direct |
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On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 05:02:24PM -0500, Nathan Straz wrote: > On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 05:03:58PM -0500, Andy Isaacson wrote: > > Linux-kernel: is this patch horribly wrong? > ... > > to force O_DIRECT. The enclosed patch adds a "conv=direct" flag to > > enable this usage. > > Adding the functionality to conv= doesn't seem right to me. conv= is > for converting the data in some way. This is just changing the way data > is written. Right?
There's already conv=notrunc which means "open without O_TRUNC". I agree that it's a nonintuitive interface, but then, the entire dd(1) command line is.
> Have you looked at lmdd? It supports O_DIRECT and many other things not > in the standard dd.
Wasn't aware of that one. Thanks for the pointer.
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