dj(1): statistics now track hard seeks
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@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ with a skip offset of 1 skips one byte into the input and reads from the second
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byte onwards. A programmer may think of a file as a zero-indexed array of
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bytes; in this analogy, the offset given is the index of the byte at which to
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start reading or writing.
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Seeks aren\(cqt counted in the output statistics because they\(cqre guaranteed
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to succeed (or the utility will exit unsuccessfully, before it has written any
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data).
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.\"
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.SH OPTIONS
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@@ -195,9 +191,10 @@ and
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.BR -S .
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The lowercase option affects input and the capitalized option affects output.
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The discarded but read bytes skipped while processing irregular files, such as
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streams, are reported in the diagnostic output. Bytes skipped while processing
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regular files are not reported, as the bytes weren\(cqt read.
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The skipped or sought bytes while processing irregular files, such as streams,
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are reported in the diagnostic output, because they were actually read or
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written. This is as opposed to bytes skipped while processing regular files,
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which are not reported.
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.\"
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.SH RATIONALE
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