Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 19:14:20 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: dd(1) seek/skip limited why? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904021912290.95226-100000@janus.syracuse.net>
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Why are dd(1) seek and skip operations limited to INT_MAX? Is this for any
real use, hysterical raisins, or just because noone cares? It's very useful
to allow larger seeks/skips, and I've made the modifications to do so (very
little, actually), but I wonder if we actually WANT this limitation... Do we?
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