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

[Pádraig Brady]

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.