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Date:      Sun, 18 Nov 2012 06:37:34 -0500
From:      "Thomas Mueller" <mueller23@insightbb.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   dd command: BSD analog of conv=fsync?
Message-ID:  <40.75.25607.E78C8A05@smtp02.insight.synacor.com>

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What is the (Free)BSD counterpart of conv=fsync in dd command?

Command in question is

dd if=GNOME-3.6.0.iso of=/dev/DRIVE bs=8M conv=fsync

This is for writing to a USB stick, and of course DRIVE is replaced by the
actual device node; also I believe bs=8M, good for Linux, would be bs=8m in
FreeBSD.

I don't really know if "conv=fsync" is necessary, but that's what was advised
in the GNOME test-drive download page.

Do I need to build and install coreutils from ports?


Tom



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