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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1998-06-29 14:27:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1998-06-29 14:27:03 +0000 |
| commit | 41ef62c472746d7d863dc5ed936d17c7eb5a01eb (patch) | |
| tree | aaaf7b8f61cb6bc0bd4ca79bd5558cd9a25dfb2e | |
| parent | 26d5ce2f26fb16e91bf68c00f2faa2a8ebd65a53 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-41ef62c472746d7d863dc5ed936d17c7eb5a01eb.tar.xz | |
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diff --git a/old/fileutils/NEWS b/old/fileutils/NEWS index 7ec0a0196..6ed3a4f2a 100644 --- a/old/fileutils/NEWS +++ b/old/fileutils/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,19 @@ Changes in release 3.17: [3.16q] +* `df', `du', and `ls' now accept a new option --block-size=SIZE, + where SIZE can be a positive integer block size, followed by an + optional SI prefix (e.g. `k' for kilo, `M' for Mega), followed by an + optional `B' (for ``byte'', indicating powers of 1024, which is the + default) or `D' (for ``decimal byte'', indicating powers of 1000). + SIZE can also be `human-readable' (for -h or --human-readable + behavior) or `si' (for -H or --si behavior). +* These suffixes can also be used by `dd'; e.g. `dd bs=1MB' is equivalent + to `dd bs=1048576'. +* The default block size for the `df' command is now obtained from the + DF_BLOCK_SIZE environment variable or, if that is not set, from BLOCK_SIZE. + Similarly for `du' and `ls'. +* The output columns of `df' have been adjusted slightly to accommodate + larger filesystems. * fix gettext-related link failures seen when configuring certain ways [3.16p] * fix install bug introduced in 3.16o |