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List:       coreutils-bug
Subject:    bug#45648: `dd` seek/skip which way is up?
From:       Paul Eggert <eggert () cs ! ucla ! edu>
Date:       2021-01-05 4:08:36
Message-ID: 2b7bacda-8163-5804-cc08-4eb476b2e891 () cs ! ucla ! edu
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On 1/4/21 7:44 PM, Bela Lubkin wrote:
> TLDR: *huge* existing presence of 'iseek' and 'oseek'; most OSes document
> them as pure synonyms for 'skip' and 'seek'.

Thanks for doing all that research. It's compelling, and I think your 
patch (or something like it) should go in. I'll wait for a bit to hear 
other opinions.



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