On 2026-10-09 08:44, Joao Matos via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
We have a patch (along with a new test) that does what split already does: opens each output file without O_TRUNC, compares it with the input (same device and inode), and fails with "'xx00' would overwrite input; aborting" before writing anything. The input is left intact.Should we do it publicly in order to be properly credited?
It's better to be public. You can just reply-all to this email.
