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The iread function in dd.c issues a warning if the previous read was short,
suggesting that you use iflag=fullblock

However, the warning is issued when the previous call to iread was partial,
so if only the final read was short then no warning is issued.
Importantly, this will always be the case when there was only one read, and
it was partial.

I'd suggest that if the strategy of warning on subsequent reads is to be
used, the warning routine should be run once again after the final read.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>The iread function in dd.c issues a warning if the pr=
evious read was short, suggesting that you use iflag=3Dfullblock<br></div><=
div><br></div><div>However, the warning is issued when the previous call to=
 iread was partial, so if only the final read was short then no warning is =
issued.=C2=A0 Importantly, this will always be the case when there was only=
 one read, and it was partial.</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;d suggest tha=
t if the strategy of warning on subsequent reads is to be used, the warning=
 routine should be run once again after the final read. =C2=A0</div></div>

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On 12/09/17 08:51, Barry Handelman wrote:
> The iread function in dd.c issues a warning if the previous read was short,
> suggesting that you use iflag=fullblock
> 
> However, the warning is issued when the previous call to iread was partial,
> so if only the final read was short then no warning is issued.
> Importantly, this will always be the case when there was only one read, and
> it was partial.
> 
> I'd suggest that if the strategy of warning on subsequent reads is to be
> used, the warning routine should be run once again after the final read.

The current approach was discussed at https://bugs.gnu.org/7362
A short read as the last read would be a common situation though?
You're specifically looking for the following to warn?

  (echo; sleep 1; echo) | dd count=1 bs=512

That may be a bit aggressive as that could be used to read
the current data available, up to a specified max.

cheers,
Pádraig.

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