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author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2004-05-14 07:33:48 +0000 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2004-05-14 07:33:48 +0000 |
commit | f64a45d11280dab075ce04344375e39a15f86602 (patch) | |
tree | 96da2b60583328fbb924ca7a716430c274999a06 /NEWS | |
parent | eed02be1b6998e78dfbcf3d96e038eea1a9d7fb2 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-f64a45d11280dab075ce04344375e39a15f86602.tar.xz |
Document that "sort -m -o F" might write F before reading all the input.
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@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ** New features + For efficiency, `sort -m' no longer copies input to a temporary file + merely because the input happens to come from a pipe. As a result, + some relatively-contrived examples like `cat F | sort -m -o F - G' + are no longer safe, as `sort' might start writing F before `cat' is + done reading it. This problem cannot occur unless `-m' is used. + pwd now works even when run from a working directory whose name is longer than PATH_MAX. |