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| author | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2010-02-15 06:45:31 -0700 |
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| committer | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2010-02-15 06:56:07 -0700 |
| commit | d4de2dc83ad76f0dbce67aa15b37dbedbfd0e6de (patch) | |
| tree | 630a0fbfd28147737a8c6866929cbd635788b8f1 | |
| parent | 45b46f4951758e6d3564537bbc8535cf76e9114a (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-d4de2dc83ad76f0dbce67aa15b37dbedbfd0e6de.tar.xz | |
dirname: improve man page description
* doc/coreutils.texi (dirname invocation): Properly cover behavior
on directory.
* man/dirname.x: Likewise.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Emmanuel Lacour.
| -rw-r--r-- | THANKS | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/dirname.x | 2 |
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ Elbert Pol elbert.pol@gmail.com Eli Zaretskii eliz@is.elta.co.il Elias Pipping pipping@gentoo.org Emile LeBlanc leblanc@math.toronto.edu +Emmanuel Lacour elacour@home-dn.net Erik Auerswald auerswal@unix-ag.uni-kl.de Eric Backus ericb@lsid.hp.com Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index e3e95f5b6..fcee33618 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ * df: (coreutils)df invocation. Report file system disk usage. * dir: (coreutils)dir invocation. List directories briefly. * dircolors: (coreutils)dircolors invocation. Color setup for ls. -* dirname: (coreutils)dirname invocation. Strip non-directory suffix. +* dirname: (coreutils)dirname invocation. Strip last file name component. * du: (coreutils)du invocation. Report on disk usage. * echo: (coreutils)echo invocation. Print a line of text. * env: (coreutils)env invocation. Modify the environment. @@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ Redirection File name manipulation * basename invocation:: Strip directory and suffix from a file name -* dirname invocation:: Strip non-directory suffix from a file name +* dirname invocation:: Strip last file name component * pathchk invocation:: Check file name validity and portability * mktemp invocation:: Create temporary file or directory @@ -11902,7 +11902,7 @@ This section describes commands that manipulate file names. @menu * basename invocation:: Strip directory and suffix from a file name. -* dirname invocation:: Strip non-directory suffix from a file name. +* dirname invocation:: Strip last file name component. * pathchk invocation:: Check file name validity and portability. * mktemp invocation:: Create temporary file or directory. @end menu @@ -11963,7 +11963,7 @@ basename include/stdio.h .h @node dirname invocation -@section @command{dirname}: Strip non-directory suffix from a file name +@section @command{dirname}: Strip last file name component @pindex dirname @cindex directory components, printing @@ -11971,7 +11971,7 @@ basename include/stdio.h .h @cindex non-directory suffix, stripping @command{dirname} prints all but the final slash-delimited component of -a string (presumably a file name). Synopsis: +a string (presumably a file name, but also works on directories). Synopsis: @example dirname @var{name} diff --git a/man/dirname.x b/man/dirname.x index 2cfa08aa2..09c46e4fe 100644 --- a/man/dirname.x +++ b/man/dirname.x @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ [NAME] -dirname \- strip non-directory suffix from file name +dirname \- strip last component from file name [DESCRIPTION] .\" Add any additional description here [SEE ALSO] |