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author | bde <bde@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-11-29 13:54:20 +0000 |
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committer | bde <bde@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-11-29 13:54:20 +0000 |
commit | bddae886caa1ed1498c8eb8d3ade3a611eb6fe77 (patch) | |
tree | 03c547b19a5675214ed7ff9269a2adeb35009f51 /bin/dd/dd.1 | |
parent | e5a067a5c5854cda7ba7f0c3c62f46b603437567 (diff) | |
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Describe `bs=n' more precisely. Fixed some English errors.
Obtained from: OpenBSD
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/dd/dd.1')
-rw-r--r-- | bin/dd/dd.1 | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/bin/dd/dd.1 b/bin/dd/dd.1 index bfe05ee..67d6b37 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 1.6 1997/10/11 20:09:04 joerg Exp $ +.\" $Id: dd.1,v 1.7 1998/05/06 06:51:35 charnier Exp $ .\" .Dd January 13, 1994 .Dt DD 1 @@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ and truncated input records to the standard error output. The following operands are available: .Bl -tag -width of=file .It Cm bs= Ns Ar n -Set both input and output block size, superseding the +Set both input and output block size to +.Va n +bytes, superseding the .Cm ibs and .Cm obs @@ -107,13 +109,13 @@ Any regular output file is truncated unless the conversion value is specified. If an initial portion of the output file is skipped (see the .Cm seek -operand) +operand), the output file is truncated at that point. .It Cm seek= Ns Ar n Seek .Va n blocks from the beginning of the output before copying. -On non-tape devices, a +On non-tape devices, an .Xr lseek 2 operation is used. Otherwise, existing blocks are read and the data discarded. @@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ bytes. Skip .Va n blocks from the beginning of the input before copying. -On input which supports seeks, a +On input which supports seeks, an .Xr lseek 2 operation is used. Otherwise, input data is read and discarded. @@ -330,7 +332,7 @@ will exit. .Pp The .Nm -utility exits 0 on success and >0 if an error occurred. +utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr cp 1 , .Xr mt 1 , |