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| author | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2010-05-26 09:27:53 +0100 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2010-05-28 14:23:04 +0100 |
| commit | 81b7585ad19e1ee0a1a43dda44dd21f11bfd6e86 (patch) | |
| tree | 9e30d8ce0e19443360810254fe9f22b9a8faec14 /NEWS | |
| parent | d4201905ab4ed20ec3a5e2aea528835552e84a1d (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-81b7585ad19e1ee0a1a43dda44dd21f11bfd6e86.tar.xz | |
truncate: support sizes relative to an existing file
* doc/coreutils.texi (truncate invocation): Mention that --reference
bases the --size rather than just setting it.
* src/truncate.c (usage): Likewise. Also remove the clause
describing --size and --reference as being mutually exclusive.
(do_truncate): Add an extra parameter to hold the size
of a referenced file, and use it if positive.
(main): Pass the size of a referenced file to do_truncate().
* tests/misc/truncate-parameters: Adjust for the new combinations.
* NEWS: Mention the change
Suggested by Richard W.M. Jones
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 1 |
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@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- sort -g now uses long doubles for greater range and precision. + truncate now supports setting file sizes relative to a reference file. * Noteworthy changes in release 8.5 (2010-04-23) [stable] |