Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:23:43 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: oflag option in GNU dd - equivalent in FreeBSD dd ? Message-ID: <20071023172343.56ea5a9b@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <20071023164246.13be9d63@attila> References: <398795.23954.qm@web45616.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> <20071023164246.13be9d63@attila>
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:42:46 +0330 "Bahman M." <b.movaqar@adempiere.org> wrote: > On 2007-10-22 Juri Mianovich wrote: > > I am used to using this command in Linux, using GNU > > dd: > > > > dd if=/blah of=/bleh oflag=append conv=notrunc > > > > The problem is, FreeBSD 'dd' does not understand the > > "oflag" argument. > > > > Is there some equivalent in the FreeBSD 'dd' syntax > > that I can use, or am I forced to install GNU utils ? > > > dd if=/blah of=/bleh conv=notrunc seek=`ls -s /bleh | cut -f1 -d ' ' > -` > > I don't know if any simpler way is possible (anyone?). > is it any different to dd if=/blah >> /bleh
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