That's an embarrassing bug! Thanks for reporting it. I installed
this patch into CVS coreutils (main branch).
We should add a test case but I'm not offhand sure which file it
should go into. Jim, advice?
2005-10-31 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* src/dd.c (skip): Fix off-by-one error reported by
Theodoros V. Kalamatianos.
--- src/dd.c 30 Sep 2005 05:07:11 -0000 1.188
+++ src/dd.c 31 Oct 2005 08:39:14 -0000 1.189
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ skip (int fdesc, char const *file, uintm
if (fdesc == STDIN_FILENO)
advance_input_offset (nread);
}
- while (records-- != 0);
+ while (--records != 0);
return records;
}
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