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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Tue,  1 Apr 2014 10:46:04 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] oseekb dd option
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On Tue Apr  1 04:47:27 EDT 2014, adriano.verardo@mail.com wrote:
> Testing an rc script under Bell and Atom I noted that Atom dd doesn't
> implement the "oseekb" option.
>
> bs=1 allows to seek at any given byte offset but, what is the impact on
> speedness ?
>
> And, in any case,  isn't it a (IMHO small) portability problem ?

let me think about this.  i think i have a plan 9 solution, but it will
take a day or two to code up.

- erik