dd: output when skip beyond input file differs from the gnu dd
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Description
Try this:
echo > a
dd if=a bs=1 skip=2
The gnu dd output error message follow by the progress information:
dd: a: cannot skip to specified offset
0+0 records in
0+0 records out
The uutils dd lacks the error message.
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Research direction
Start by running the reported echo > a and dd if=a bs=1 skip=2 reproduction, then trace the dd implementation's handling of skips beyond the input file. Compare its output with GNU dd and add the missing error message while preserving the progress information shown in the report.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 74/100