On 2026-09-08 19:26, ii via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
The pre-write check is safe and does not affect the write even if probing fails. It merely warns and prompts for confirmation
Something like that might be OK as a new option, but it shouldn't be the default; too many scripts routinely use dd to overwrite devices containing file systems, and there may not be anybody around to prompt (or the user may not expect a prompt or know what to do with it).
