On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 08:21:32PM +0200, A Mennucc wrote:
1) conv=???? is supposed to be
"convert the file as per the comma separated symbol list"
IMHO, "do not truncate the output file" is not a conversion
in any possible imaginable way; I would understand more
if it was "oflag=notrunc"
A lot of the conv options aren't conversions. That's what happens when
you have a command with really oddball syntax and 40 years of baggage.
2) what is the use of "oflag=append" when one forgets
"conv=notrunc"
5.96-5 prints a warning in this case.
Mike Stone
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