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authorBruce Korb <bkorb@gnu.org>2012-04-05 17:13:14 -0700
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2012-04-12 22:46:51 +0200
commit0092d5d88bb620885b88aa8b49b079b04066583f (patch)
treef16aeb4d08428b60f19e55ec2f3c398fd9554995 /NEWS
parent3d53e7fe1c31aa440cc9708c7c51db6b78c07653 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-0092d5d88bb620885b88aa8b49b079b04066583f.tar.xz
fmt: accept new --goal=WIDTH (-g) option
Accept -g for BSD/Plan9 compatibility. * NEWS (New features): Mention it. * tests/fmt/goal-option: New test. * tests/fmt/long-line: Rename from tests/fmt-long-line. * tests/fmt/base: Rename from tests/misc/fmt. * doc/coreutils.texi: Document it. * src/fmt.c (main): Accept the new option (check_for_goals): new function to implement the operands Based on BSD's and Plan-9's fmt programs.
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@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+** New features
+
+ fmt now accepts the --goal=WIDTH (-g) option.
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** Changes in behavior
cp --attributes-only no longer truncates any existing destination file,