[BusyBox] bug#1227: BusyBox] bug#1227: busybox:ddproblem

[Matt Kraai]

On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 12:58:41PM +0100, Robert Litwiniec wrote:
> Matt Kraai wrote:
> >On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 09:34:44AM +0100, Robert Litwiniec wrote:
> >
> >>I have a problem with dd applet:
> >>
> >>oryginal dd command:
> >>dd if=konfig.txt.raw of=/dev/fd0 seek=2879 count=1
> >>1+0 rekord?w wczytanych
> >>1+0 rekord?w zapisanych
> >>works ok.
> >>
> >>... and busybox:
> >>laptop:/home/linio/mini2# root/bin/busybox dd if=konfig.txt.raw 
> >>of=/dev/fd0 seek=2879 count=1
> >>dd: /dev/fd0: Invalid argument
> >>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >>
> >
> >Could you please apply the following patch, repeat the command,
> >and send the output to this bug?
> 
> dd: ftruncate: /dev/fd0: Invalid argument.
> 
> conv=notrunc helps :)

GNU dd ignores errors from ftruncate unless the output is a file,
directory, or shared memory region.  I guess BusyBox also needs to
do so.  Ugh.

Matt
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