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authorgreen <green@FreeBSD.org>1999-06-20 14:58:55 +0000
committergreen <green@FreeBSD.org>1999-06-20 14:58:55 +0000
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This is the second round of dd(1) changes. Some changes made/reversed by
request of Bruce. More changes may follow later. 'g' multiplier has been added (i.e. dd seek=5g if=bigfile.) Some minor corrections were made as well. Noticed by: bde
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/bin/dd/dd.1 b/bin/dd/dd.1
index e4be5ac..4fef22b 100644
--- a/bin/dd/dd.1
+++ b/bin/dd/dd.1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)dd.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/13/94
-.\" $Id: dd.1,v 1.8 1998/11/29 13:54:20 bde Exp $
+.\" $Id: dd.1,v 1.9 1999/05/08 10:20:07 kris Exp $
.\"
.Dd January 13, 1994
.Dt DD 1
@@ -283,9 +283,9 @@ appended.
.El
.Pp
Where sizes are specified, a decimal number of bytes is expected.
-If the number ends with a ``b'', ``k'', ``m'' or ``w'', the number
-is multiplied by 512, 1024 (1K), 1048576 (1M) or the number of bytes
-in an integer, respectively.
+If the number ends with a ``b'', ``k'', ``m'', ``g'', or ``w'', the
+number is multiplied by 512, 1024 (1K), 1048576 (1M), 1073741824 (1G)
+or the number of bytes in an integer, respectively.
Two or more numbers may be separated by an ``x'' to indicate a product.
.Pp
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