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-rw-r--r--bin/dd/dd.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bin/dd/dd.c b/bin/dd/dd.c
index 2ce90df..a7b8c66 100644
--- a/bin/dd/dd.c
+++ b/bin/dd/dd.c
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ setup()
pos_out();
/*
- * Truncate the output file; ignore errors because it fails on some
- * kinds of output files, tapes, for example.
+ * Truncate the output file. If it fails on a type of output file
+ * that it should _not_ fail on, error out.
*/
if ((ddflags & (C_OF | C_SEEK | C_NOTRUNC)) == (C_OF | C_SEEK) &&
out.flags & ISTRUNC)
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