Hello,
On Mon, 22 Jun 2020, Dale wrote:
>David Haller wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Jun 2020, Dale wrote:
>>> David Haller wrote:
[..]
>>>> ./ones | dd of=/dev/null bs=8M count=1000 iflag=fullblock
>> [..]
>>> I got it to compile, at least it created a file named ones anyway. What
>>> I'm unclear about, where is the if= for dd in the command? All the
>>> commands I've seen before has a if= and a of=. The if for input and of
>>> for output or target.
>> ==== man 1 dd ====
>> if=FILE
>> read from FILE instead of stdin
>> [..]
>> of=FILE
>> write to FILE instead of stdout
>> ====
>>
>> note the stuff after 'instead' ;)
>
>So it is piped in with the | thingy? Got it.
Exactly. Hm. Maybe 'dev_one' might be a better name for the program...
Or something ;)
[..]
>Thanks much.
You're welcome.
-dnh
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