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authorAlexander Bluhm <bluhm@cvs.openbsd.org>2019-02-16 10:54:01 +0000
committerAlexander Bluhm <bluhm@cvs.openbsd.org>2019-02-16 10:54:01 +0000
commit977df67f5c2088c56109f41758b1ade7ae455977 (patch)
tree7eb17ba10f911f2e2a3ce66be64ef5a61298ce40 /bin/dd/dd.1
parentbde7fc53535f4c2ef83015b50263e8e84b69d90c (diff)
Implement the conv=fsync feature which does an fsync(2) after the
final write to output. GNU dd also has this. It is useful for write performance measurement or guaranteed writes to reliable storage. OK kn@ tedu@ deraadt@
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bin/dd/dd.1 b/bin/dd/dd.1
index c4383b04451..c555c07a62e 100644
--- a/bin/dd/dd.1
+++ b/bin/dd/dd.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: dd.1,v 1.33 2016/08/17 21:23:01 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: dd.1,v 1.34 2019/02/16 10:54:00 bluhm Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: dd.1,v 1.5 1995/03/21 09:04:04 cgd Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)dd.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/13/94
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 17 2016 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 16 2019 $
.Dt DD 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ is a slightly different mapping, which is compatible with the
.At V
.Cm ibm
value.
+.It Cm fsync
+Call
+.Xr fsync 2
+on the output file before exiting.
.It Cm lcase
Transform uppercase characters into lowercase characters.
.It Cm noerror