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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2004-10-28 07:50:51 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2004-10-28 07:50:51 +0000
commit57ac7f5a0273f75489b6cff1369fd7afab36cfe2 (patch)
tree804064e81019a09c335e42cc484eac345d442327
parentacdb9f592e67ccd91d4fb34aa5a92db2828d8d10 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-57ac7f5a0273f75489b6cff1369fd7afab36cfe2.tar.xz
(Standards conformance): Use "head -10" rather than "head -1" as
example of obsolete usage, since the POSIX consensus is that "head -1" could be supported even if we don't yet have clear consensus on "head -10". See today's revision to the SUS FAQ <http://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/single_unix_faq.html>.
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index f35a7d24d..0c678d99b 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ supported for @env{_POSIX2_VERSION}: @samp{199209} stands for
@acronym{POSIX} 1003.2-1992, and @samp{200112} stands for @acronym{POSIX}
1003.1-2001. For example, if you are running older software that
assumes an older version of @acronym{POSIX} and uses @samp{sort +1},
-@samp{head -1}, or @samp{tail +1}, you
+@samp{head -10}, or @samp{tail +10}, you
can work around the compatibility problems by setting
@samp{_POSIX2_VERSION=199209} in your environment.