On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 12:47:04AM +1300, Jason wrote:
> >of=91CD2.iso is your modifier,
> >so in this case the output gets written to the file 91CD2.iso and not to
> >stdout.
> Not on my Mandrake system. That modifier just changes the file name of 
> the output ISO.

that's what i said.

>  The stdout is where that file is placed.

no. stdout is your screen.
try not to specify of at all, and you'll see

> On my system, 
> it outputs it into the /home directory of whoever the user was that 
> executed the command (I searched for the file and found it there).

it puts it in the directory that you are in when you start the dd
command.

greetings, martin.
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