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-rw-r--r--coreutils/dd.c19
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/coreutils/dd.c b/coreutils/dd.c
index 09e6ccc..fb78d53 100644
--- a/coreutils/dd.c
+++ b/coreutils/dd.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static const struct suffix_mult dd_suffixes[] = {
int dd_main(int argc, char **argv)
{
- int i, ifd, ofd, oflag, sync_flag = FALSE, trunc = TRUE;
+ int i, ifd, ofd, oflag, sync_flag = FALSE, trunc = TRUE, noerror = FALSE;
size_t in_full = 0, in_part = 0, out_full = 0, out_part = 0;
size_t bs = 512, count = -1;
ssize_t n;
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ int dd_main(int argc, char **argv)
} else if (strncmp("sync", buf, 4) == 0) {
sync_flag = TRUE;
buf += 4;
+ } else if (strncmp("noerror", buf, 7) == 0) {
+ noerror = TRUE;
+ buf += 7;
} else {
error_msg_and_die("invalid conversion `%s'", argv[i]+5);
}
@@ -131,9 +134,19 @@ int dd_main(int argc, char **argv)
}
while (in_full + in_part != count) {
+ if (noerror) {
+ /* Pre-zero the buffer when doing the noerror thing */
+ memset(buf, '\0', bs);
+ }
n = safe_read(ifd, buf, bs);
- if (n < 0)
- perror_msg_and_die("%s", infile);
+ if (n < 0) {
+ if (noerror) {
+ n = bs;
+ perror_msg("%s", infile);
+ } else {
+ perror_msg_and_die("%s", infile);
+ }
+ }
if (n == 0)
break;
if (n == bs)