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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1999-04-22 14:37:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1999-04-22 14:37:17 +0000 |
| commit | c274f255c386d09adb50aef26fc30be0e223c61b (patch) | |
| tree | 5698acf0ac5d3417ccdbec0656cfad76de3a0be4 | |
| parent | e7fa925898a047ad15363bf3451b8d4f7c9c9450 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-c274f255c386d09adb50aef26fc30be0e223c61b.tar.xz | |
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diff --git a/old/fileutils/NEWS b/old/fileutils/NEWS index a4d1241f8..80a2822d9 100644 --- a/old/fileutils/NEWS +++ b/old/fileutils/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,13 @@ Changes in release 4.1: [4.0g] +* New large-file support for AIX and HP-UX, and for cross-compiles. +* shred's default options are now suitable for devices, not files, since + shred is more reliable on devices. shred now does not remove by default; + the old -p or --preserve option was inverted and renamed to -u or --remove. +* shred -u now attempts to truncate devices before removing them. +* shred -v no longer outputs carriage-returns; shred -vv has no extra effect; + shred -v now outputs to stderr. +* shred now tries to find the size of a non-regular file by seeking to its end. * dd now opens the output file for *read* access only if `seek=' is used. [4.0f] * `ls --color' no longer segfaults |