New dd operand "status=noxfer".

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index de35aade47d5fdbcc9e6592a425161c62e497fe2..24e53992e94bd43fae1e81377fe7dd294a1d6b47 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   copying or moving multiple times to the same destination in a file
   system with a coarse time stamp resolution.
 
-  dd now also prints the number of bytes copied, the time, and the
-  transfer rate.
+  dd now also prints the number of bytes transferred, the time, and the
+  transfer rate.  The new "status=noxfer" operand suppresses this change.
 
   dd has new conversions for the conv= option: