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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2007-08-15 22:44:45 +0200 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2007-08-15 22:45:55 +0200 |
| commit | 535a9fe5122808161398345f5ab317bd1ef6bde8 (patch) | |
| tree | 833a5c6fd16059dc1fcfa56331b72857ea599dfd /ChangeLog | |
| parent | 9ee7933b5cdf40ed4fd82b21fc521db5135446bf (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-535a9fe5122808161398345f5ab317bd1ef6bde8.tar.xz | |
od --skip (-j) works even on files in /proc, when the kernel lies
* src/od.c (skip): Don't let kernel misinformation (nonempty files
in /proc with stat.st_size == 0) make "od -j N" misbehave.
Patch by Paul Eggert.
* NEWS: Document this work-around.
* tests/misc/od-zero-len: New file, test for the above.
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@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@ 2007-08-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + od --skip (-j) works even on files in /proc, when the kernel lies + * src/od.c (skip): Don't let kernel misinformation (nonempty files + in /proc with stat.st_size == 0) make "od -j N" misbehave. + Patch by Paul Eggert. + * NEWS: Document this work-around. + * tests/misc/od-zero-len: New file, test for the above. + * src/printf.c (usage): Adjust summary to also mention OPTIONs. From Karl Berry. |