[BusyBox] dd working patch

Matt Kraai kraai at alumni.carnegiemellon.edu
Thu Nov 30 04:48:34 UTC 2000


On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 07:35:04PM -0800, kent robotti wrote:
> This patch adds a rotating dash while dd is working,
> so you know it's not just hanging.
> 
> Also if dd is called without arguments
> it prints usage info rather than hangs.
> 
> It's for the latest cvs bb.

For what it's worth, please do not integrate this patch.  Adding a
status indicator to dd is like adding lisp support to vi.  Sure it would
be nice, but then it would be emacs.

Matt
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