Subject: Re: [Toybox] dd.test spaces in numbers? Message-ID: <CAJgzZoq7YYpp=nd7udxzm4oqklgn5_50z5ovy85_w82bx28...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"both BSD and GNU dd ignore leading whitespace, which is why i didn't simplify that when i was adding hex support (which only GNU has). but i don't know whether anyone is relying on this. On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 4:44 AM, Rob Landley <[email protected]> wrote:Does anybody know why tests/dd.test is checking for spaces before numbers? ('count= 2' on line 15, for example?) Was this an issue for somebody? Is it in a spec somewhere? Why is this a behavior that needs to be preserved in a new implementation? Just wondering where that came from, Rob _______________________________________________
Something to do with conv from memory, for dealing with m$, dos and cpm files which can have them.
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