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Re:Mkfile(8) is severely syscall limited on OS X by brobinson on Sunday February 12, 2017 @12:06PM (#13629240)
Don't forget "oflag=direct"
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Re:Mkfile(8) is severely syscall limited on OS X by dom0 on Sunday February 12, 2017 @01:10PM (#13629602)
Uhm, does dd contain all the logic to work with that or is that literally just O_DIRECT |ed into the flags?
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