[Gllug] file offset in running process

[salsaman at xs4all.nl]

> James Hawtin <oolon at ankh.org> wrote:
>
>> IF you are not doing it already, consider setting a quite large block
>> size, dd will copy a part block at the end so do not worry about it
>> not copying everything. The would be useful when copying flash as you
>> will not then try to write a part cell.
>

It depends what you are doing - dd will copy a partial block if it reaches
EOF in the input file, but if you want to copy just part of the input file
you will need a second dd to copy the partial last block.

Salsaman.
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