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author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2003-02-21 08:34:41 +0000 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2003-02-21 08:34:41 +0000 |
commit | 49daa21e009337900f4a9fc1253354aa6096c404 (patch) | |
tree | 678bda7181fdf82c54b9e8c7eccef72574342f50 /NEWS | |
parent | 6fe8f2a831293acd3f37bc1bf4963ed5adb88caa (diff) | |
download | coreutils-49daa21e009337900f4a9fc1253354aa6096c404.tar.xz |
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@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ [4.5.8] +* du accepts new option: --apparent-size +* du --bytes (-b) works the same way it did in fileutils-3.16 and before +* du reports proper sizes for directories (not zero) (broken in 4.5.6 or 4.5.7) * df now always displays under `Filesystem', the device file name corresponding to the listed mount point. Before, for a block- or character- special file command line argument, df would display that argument. E.g., `df /dev/hda' would list `/dev/hda' as the `Filesystem', rather than say /dev/hda3 (the device on which `/' is mounted), as it does now. -* du can now process much deeper hierarchies (subject to virtual memory). - Before, it would segfault on hierarchies deeper than 20,000-30,000 levels. +* du can now process much deeper hierarchies on some systems (subject to + mmap support, size of virtual memory, etc.). Before, it would segfault + on hierarchies deeper than 20,000-30,000 levels due to stack limitation + and excessive recursion. * test now works properly when invoked from a set user ID or set group ID context and when testing access to files subject to alternate protection mechanisms. For example, without this change, a set-UID program that invoked |