@cindex symbolic links, following
Do not follow symbolic links.
-@item noctty
-@opindex noctty
-@cindex controlling terminal
-Do not assign the file to be a controlling terminal for @command{dd}.
-This has no effect when the file is not a terminal.
-
@end table
These flags are not supported on all systems, and @samp{dd} rejects
attempts to use them when they are not supported. When reading from
-standard input or writing to standard output, the @samp{nofollow} and
-@samp{noctty} flags should not be specified, and the other flags
+standard input or writing to standard output, the @samp{nofollow} flag
+should not be specified, and the other flags
(e.g., @samp{nonblock}) can affect how other processes behave with the
affected file descriptors, even after @command{dd} exits.