From 2d4cd377583fc8bb3261485dd02a6e8f6735f7e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:24:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Add to the description of cbs. --- doc/ChangeLog | 1 + doc/coreutils.texi | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 201070d..f74910d 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Improve the documentation for bs, ibs, obs, and cbs. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson. Patch by Olivier Delhomme. + (dd invocation): Add to the description of cbs. 2006-12-14 Jim Meyering diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 98bfadb..a55556a 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -7176,7 +7176,12 @@ overriding @samp{ibs} and @samp{obs}. @opindex cbs @cindex block size of conversion @cindex conversion block size +@cindex fixed-length records, converting to variable-length +@cindex variable-length records, converting to fixed-length Set the conversion block size to @var{bytes}. +When converting variable-length records to fixed-length ones +(@option{conv=block}) or the reverse (@option{conv=unblock}), +use @var{bytes} as the fixed record length. @item skip=@var{blocks} @opindex skip -- 2.7.4