doc: clarify that `dd bs=` can immediately output short reads
authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Sat, 5 Mar 2011 02:21:45 +0000 (02:21 +0000)
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Sat, 5 Mar 2011 02:21:45 +0000 (02:21 +0000)
commit433a7c614f0fbce3ba3346409af847d82670d284
tree3d311c28a89ea81cc5bd1cd01455673ab7a44cfc
parent7525860fb9c158cba362037fba491d82a09613c6
doc: clarify that `dd bs=` can immediately output short reads

* doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Clarify that bs= can
cause parital reads to be immediately written to output.
* src/dd.c (usage): Hint that bs= can cause partial writes.
See http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8171
doc/coreutils.texi
src/dd.c