oflag option in GNU dd - equivalent in FreeBSD dd ?

[Oliver Fromme]

Dan Nelson wrote:
 > Oliver Fromme wrote:
 > > Of course, the easiest way is to do this:
 > > 
 > > $ dd if=/blah >> /bleh

I still think the OP should prefer that solution.

 > > If you cannot do that, please explain why.  If you know
 > > your reason, there might be an alternative way to do it.
 > > 
 > > > 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?).
 > > 
 > > $ dd if=/blah of=/bleh conv=notrunc seek=$(stat -f%z /bleh)
 > 
 > I don't think that will work, since seek's argument is in blocks.

Oops, you're right.  I forgot about that.

 > Even
 > if you divide by 512 (or whatever you decide to set bs=), if the file
 > you're appending do isn't a multiple of the blocksize, you'll end up
 > chopping part of the end off.

I wonder how GNU dd's "append" oflag behaves in that case.
It would also either have to chop some bytes off the end,
or leave a gap of zeros.  Either way could be emulated.

$ dd if=/blah of=/bleh conv=notrunc seek=$(( $(stat -f%z /bleh) / 512 ))

That one would chop some bytes of the end if the file size
isn't a multiple of 512 (the default block size).  To leave
a gap in that case, use this formula:

$ ... seek=$(( ($(stat -f%z /bleh) + 511) / 512 ))

Best regards
   Oliver

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