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David Haller wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> On Mon, 22 Jun 2020, Dale wrote: |
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>> David Haller wrote: |
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>>> On Thu, 18 Jun 2020, Dale wrote: |
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>>>> David Haller wrote: |
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> [..] |
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>>>>> ./ones | dd of=/dev/null bs=8M count=1000 iflag=fullblock |
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>>> [..] |
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>>>> I got it to compile, at least it created a file named ones anyway. What |
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>>>> I'm unclear about, where is the if= for dd in the command? All the |
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>>>> commands I've seen before has a if= and a of=. The if for input and of |
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>>>> for output or target. |
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>>> ==== man 1 dd ==== |
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>>> if=FILE |
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>>> read from FILE instead of stdin |
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>>> [..] |
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>>> of=FILE |
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>>> write to FILE instead of stdout |
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>>> ==== |
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>>> note the stuff after 'instead' ;) |
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>> So it is piped in with the | thingy? Got it. |
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> Exactly. Hm. Maybe 'dev_one' might be a better name for the program... |
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> Or something ;) |
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> [..] |
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>> Thanks much. |
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> You're welcome. |
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> |
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> -dnh |
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That name makes sense. Later on, I might look at that file and say, |
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what is that for? Hit delete and down the rabbit hole it goes. I think |
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I'll go do that and also edit my notes as well. Before I forget it. ;-) |
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Now I have a way to write ones to a drive or file. Yeppie! |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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P. S. I hope the new glasses, when they come in, helps my memory. Never |
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hurts to hope right? |
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