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authorJon Ringuette <jonr@scharp.org>2010-05-18 08:26:11 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2010-05-19 07:28:16 +0200
commit2b8ecfa6f14db48fbc204b2fc4993de077289c2d (patch)
tree8a4b21f3e6de2d934934f20848e83d86387518ff /NEWS
parent1be4f180f5395b9ef89ab9166e33ba9a54cfba8b (diff)
downloadcoreutils-2b8ecfa6f14db48fbc204b2fc4993de077289c2d.tar.xz
du: recognize -d N as equivalent to --max-depth=N
* NEWS (New features): Mention it. * src/du.c (DEBUG_OPT): Remove. Use long-named ---debug instead. Commented out. (MAX_DEPTH_OPTION): Remove. Use 'd' instead. (main): Insert literal "d:"; remove DEBUG_OPT. * doc/coreutils.texi (du invocation): Add -d to indices. * tests/du/max-depth: Exercise -d, too.
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@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
** New features
+ du recognizes -d N as equivalent to --max-depth=N, for compatibility
+ with FreeBSD.
+
sort now accepts the --debug option, to highlight the part of the
line significant in the sort, and warn about questionable options.