[we tend to avoid top-posting on this list] On 09/24/2012 02:15 PM, Linda Walsh wrote: > Thanks, um... (update docs? -- manpages?)
Yep, those were included. Docs via:
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -8115,10 +8115,24 @@ of everything until the end of the file.
if @samp{iflag=count_bytes} is specified, @var{n} is interpreted
as a byte count rather than a block count.
-@item status=noxfer
+@item status=@var{which}
@opindex status
-Do not print the overall transfer rate and volume statistics
-that normally make up the third status line when @command{dd} exits.
+Transfer information is normally output to stderr upon
+receipt of the @samp{INFO} signal or when @command{dd} exits.
+Specifying @var{which} will identify which information to suppress.
+
+@table @samp
+
+@item noxfer
+@opindex noxfer
+Do not print the transfer rate and volume statistics
+that normally make up the last status line.
+
+@item none
+@opindex none
+Do not print any informational messages to stderr.
+
+@end table
@item conv=@var{conversion}[,@var{conversion}]@dots{}
@opindex conv
and manpage (which is generated from --help output) via:
@@ -536,7 +540,8 @@ Copy a file, converting and formatting according to
the operands.\n\
oflag=FLAGS write as per the comma separated symbol list\n\
seek=N skip N obs-sized blocks at start of output\n\
skip=N skip N ibs-sized blocks at start of input\n\
- status=noxfer suppress transfer statistics\n\
+ status=WHICH WHICH info to suppress outputting to stderr;\n\
+ 'noxfer' suppresses transfer stats, 'none' suppresses
all\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
\n\
--
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