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author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2004-06-06 19:31:43 +0000 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2004-06-06 19:31:43 +0000 |
commit | 032b5b3bcfbcc1c46604f7cd4de0ab43acf9c855 (patch) | |
tree | 7c82c5432a45d84dc713eaeccabed1d0a687d71a | |
parent | 9011b529175e85d95fe2b597f77bce714fc8e85c (diff) | |
download | coreutils-032b5b3bcfbcc1c46604f7cd4de0ab43acf9c855.tar.xz |
(tr invocation): Remove the section describing
how POSIXLY_CORRECT changes tr's behavior.
-rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 31 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 193d5f1f2..821f2e6fe 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -5007,37 +5007,6 @@ square brackets from interpretation by a shell. @end itemize -@node Warnings in tr -@subsection Warning messages - -@vindex POSIXLY_CORRECT -Setting the environment variable @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT} turns off the -following warning and error messages, for strict compliance with -@acronym{POSIX}. Otherwise, the following diagnostics are issued: - -@enumerate - -@item -When the @option{--delete} option is given but @option{--squeeze-repeats} -is not, and @var{set2} is given, @sc{gnu} @command{tr} by default prints -a usage message and exits, because @var{set2} would not be used. -The @acronym{POSIX} specification says that @var{set2} must be ignored in -this case. Silently ignoring arguments is a bad idea. - -@item -When an ambiguous octal escape is given. For example, @samp{\400} -is actually @samp{\40} followed by the digit @samp{0}, because the -value 400 octal does not fit into a single byte. - -@end enumerate - -@sc{gnu} @command{tr} does not provide complete BSD or System V compatibility. -For example, it is impossible to disable interpretation of the @acronym{POSIX} -constructs @samp{[:alpha:]}, @samp{[=c=]}, and @samp{[c*10]}. Also, @sc{gnu} -@command{tr} does not delete zero bytes automatically, unlike traditional -Unix versions, which provide no way to preserve zero bytes. - - @node expand invocation @section @command{expand}: Convert tabs to spaces |