bug#15578: Parameter -d or --direct to open files with flag O_DIRECT? (original) (raw)

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From: Pádraig Brady
Subject: bug#15578: Parameter -d or --direct to open files with flag O_DIRECT?
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:08:30 +0100
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On 10/10/2013 12:18 AM, Kyle Sallee wrote:

Please consider the attached gzipped patch file. It provides additional parameters for cat. The additional parameter allows cat to open files and read content without storing the content in the kernel's block cache.

dd supports this already and is more sorted to lower level setting like this. Could you describe why you would like this in cat particularly.

thanks, Pádraig.