Bug 186495

Summary:	[request] option to read and write last block of a disk for dd(1)
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	Chris <cwhiteh>
Component:	bin	Assignee:	freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status:	Open ---
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Unspecified
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Chris 2014-02-05 20:00:01 UTC

It would be great if dd(1) could read and write the last block of a disk
without the user having to calculate blocks. Eg gpt partition schemes store
metadata in the last sector. Suggested option could be seek=-1.

Comment 1 Eitan Adler freebsd_committer

2017-12-31 08:00:50 UTC

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Status: In Progress Changed: (is less than) 2014-06-01

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