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maint: clean up Makefile.am, rename remaining ChangeLog files
* Makefile.am (changelog_etc, syntax_check_exceptions): Define. (EXTRA_DIST): Use. Remove names that are now automatically included: build-aux/git-version-gen, build-aux/vc-list-files. * build-aux/ChangeLog-2007: Rename from */ChangeLog. * doc/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise. * lib/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise. * m4/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise. * po/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise.
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+2007-10-05 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (chroot invocation): List two systems on which
+ chroot works when run by non-root.
+
+2007-09-19 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (expr invocation): Correct description of relative
+ operator precedence. Reported by hanpingtian@gmail.com.
+
+2007-08-25 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+ Avoid case-insensitive clash in one-page-per-node html docs.
+ * coreutils.texi (Concept index): Rename from Index.
+
+2007-07-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Revise node structure per new fdl.texi.
+
+2007-06-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (rmdir invocation): Fix a tiny typo.
+
+2007-06-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * constants.texi: Remove from version control.
+ This file has always been generated.
+ * .gitignore: Add constants.texi.
+
+2007-04-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): Add advice about saving
+ output to a file.
+
+2007-04-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Adjust synopsis to show that an
+ OPTION is required. Reported by Rudolf Kastl.
+
+2007-03-21 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (md5sum invocation): Document escapes in output
+ format. Reported by Armijn Hemel.
+
+2007-03-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ Fix manual in response to bug reports by Dan Jacobson.
+ * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Explain numeric sorts better.
+ Compress self-congratulation into a simple "comparison is exact"
+ notice; the --general-numeric-sort option already explains the
+ tradeoffs.
+ (seq invocation): Add example of -f.
+
+2007-03-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Mention that --preserve=timestamps
+ doesn't preserve time stamps on symbolic links.
+ Reported by Polo Talnir in <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/230866>.
+
+2007-02-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (df invocation): With -P, the default block size
+ and output format is not affected by DF_BLOCK_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE, or
+ BLOCKSIZE.
+
+2007-01-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi
+ (Input processing in ptx, mkdir invocation, rmdir invocation):
+ @item -> @itemx to fix some typos.
+
+2007-01-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (mkdir invocation): Say how to set the file
+ permission bits of a parent directory with mkdir -p.
+
+2007-01-29 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ Document new syntax: "chown +0:+287 file", "chgrp +99 file"
+ * coreutils.texi (Disambiguating names and IDs): New section.
+ (chown invocation, chgrp invocation): Mention the new syntax
+ with an xref to the new section.
+
+2007-01-19 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (ls: General output formatting): Mention the
+ workarounds to accommodate the Apple Terminal bug.
+
+2007-01-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (base64 invocation): When decoding, newlines
+ are always accepted.
+
+2007-01-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ Document what the ".0" in e.g., "-k 2,3.0" means, and...
+ * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): ... that it can be applied to the
+ field-end spec, but not the field-start one. Patch from Evan Hunt.
+
+2006-12-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Improve the documentation
+ for bs, ibs, obs, and cbs. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
+ Patch by Olivier Delhomme.
+ (dd invocation): Add to the description of cbs.
+ (dd invocation): Specify that bs=N overrides only any
+ _preceding_ ibs and obs settings. Spotted by Andreas Schwab.
+
+2006-12-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Remove two doubled words.
+ (Treating / specially): With --preserve-root, chgrp and chown
+ will not modify "/", even through a symlink.
+
+2006-11-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Fix typo: s/setgid/setuid/.
+ Reported by Georg Neis as Debian bug 400778.
+
+2006-10-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): When giving the order in which
+ the various "counts" are listed, also mention "maximum line length".
+ Prompted by a report from Vincent LeFevre.
+
+2006-10-23 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Describe --one-file-system.
+
+2006-09-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (groups invocation): "groups" no longer prefixes
+ the output with "user :" unless more than one user is specified.
+
+2006-09-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Say that -i and -f are
+ independent. Clarify -i's behavior.
+ (Disk usage): Clarify intro. Problem reported by Van Ly.
+
+2006-09-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Ignore -f when standard input
+ is a FIFO, too.
+
+2006-09-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Treating / specially): --preserve-root is
+ now the default for rm.
+ (rm invocation): Likewise. Also, document that you can't
+ remove `.' or `..'. Use the POSIX term "root directory"
+ rather than the more-ambiguous "file system root".
+
+2006-08-22 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * .cvsignore: Add Makefile.in, coreutils.html, coreutils.pdf,
+ coreutils.ps, coreutils.tps. Remove coreutils.cm (dunno what it
+ is, but the makefile doesn't mention it). Remove coreutils.info
+ as it is subsumed by coreutils.info*.
+
+2006-08-22 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * .cvsignore: Add files that are now generated by ../bootstrap.
+
+2006-08-20 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * Makefile.in, fdl.texi, getdate.texi:
+ Remove from CVS, since ../bootstrap generates them automatically.
+
+2006-08-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Reflect doclicense.texi->fdl.texi renaming.
+
+2006-08-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * ChangeLog: Add copyright notice.
+ * Makefile.am: Likewise.
+ * getdate.texi: Likewise.
+ * perm.texi: Likewise.
+ * getdate.texi: Update to version 1.2 of the GNU FDL.
+ * coreutils.texi: Likewise.
+ (Copying This Manual): Renamed from GNU Free Documentation License.
+ Now an appendix. Include fdl.texi rather than doclicense.texi.
+ * fdl.tex: Renamed from doclicense.texi. Latest version from FSF.
+ * perm.texi: Add copyright notice.
+
+2006-08-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (df invocation): df exits nonzero if it outputs
+ nothing.
+
+2006-08-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Warn about oflag=append without
+ conv=notrunc. See Debian bug 373736.
+
+2006-08-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (shuf invocation, Random sources): New sections.
+ (Operating on sorted files): Add shuf.
+ (sort invocation, shred invocation): New option --random-source.
+ (sort invocation): Fix typo: -R -> -r.
+
+2006-07-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (install invocation, mkdir invocation):
+ Add cross-references to Directory Setuid and Setgid.
+ (install-invocation): The default mode is no longer equivalent to 755.
+ * perm.texi (Changing Special Mode Bits): Clarify u+s versus
+ a+s versus +s, and likewise for g+s.
+ (Numeric Modes): Bring back example of 0055 == 55. 4755 no
+ longer clears setgid bit on directories.
+ (Directory Setuid and Setgid): Numeric modes now affect setuid
+ and setgid on directories only if they set these bits. This
+ is so that leading 0 has no effect on numeric modes.
+
+2006-07-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Mention that missing
+ pieces of information are marked with "?". From Paul Eggert.
+
+2006-07-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * perm.texi (Directory Setuid and Setgid): Explain that this is a
+ GNU extension, and that other systems behave differently here.
+
+2006-07-22 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Clarify that the
+ restricted deletion flag is another name for the sticky bit.
+ * perm.texi (Mode Structure): The restricted deletion flag
+ restricts only unprivileged users.
+ (Mode Structure, Symbolic Modes, Numeric Modes): Be more careful
+ about distinguishing file mode bits from permissions bits,
+ and about execute versus search permission. The FreeBSD command
+ is chflags, not chrflags.
+
+2006-07-16 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Change GNU to @acronym{GNU} in a few places.
+ Use "set-user-ID" and "set-group-ID" a bit more consistently.
+ Use "appropriate privileges" rather than "super-user" a bit
+ more consistently.
+ (install invocation): Parent directories are now 755 without uid
+ or gid changing. The default mode is now 0755, not 755.
+ (mkdir invocation): Rewrite the top-level usage description, since
+ I couldn't easily follow the old one. It's now 3 lines not 8.
+ For -m, describe file permission bits versus other bits, and note
+ that mkdir is atomic if you don't mention special bits.
+ (chmod invocation): Mention what chmod does to setgid and setuid bits.
+ * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Modernize the explanation of the
+ setuid and setgid bits on directories.
+ (Changing Special Mode Bits): Mention that a implies both u and g
+ for s. Cross reference to new node.
+ (Numeric Modes): Don't claim that 0055 is the same as 55; this isn't
+ true any more. Mention new node.
+ 4755 is now like u=rwxs,go=rx,g-s, not like u=rwxs,go=rx.
+ (Directory Setuid and Setgid): New node.
+
+2006-07-08 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Squeezing): Separate doubled "the", so typo-checkers
+ don't complain.
+
+ * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Enforce the zeros vs. zeroes consistency.
+
+2006-07-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Fix some typos. Use `zeros' consistently (both
+ `zeros' and `zeroes' are correct).
+
+2006-07-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): With no operand, 'tail -f' now
+ silently ignores the '-f' only if standard input is a FIFO or pipe
+ and POSIXLY_CORRECT is set.
+
+2006-06-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (seq invocation): seq now uses long double
+ internally rather than double. It now defaults to a minimal fixed
+ point format if possible. It lets you use %a, %A, %E, %F, %G.
+ Don't assume printf doesn't work for numbers that fit in 64 but
+ not 32 bits; typically they work these days. Improve discussion
+ of large integers and update the rounding-error numbers.
+
+2006-06-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): 'sort +1 -2' is now supported
+ even when conforming to POSIX 1003.1-2001, since this is a pure
+ extension to POSIX.
+
+2006-06-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Remove ./ prefix from example.
+ From Padraig Brady.
+
+2006-06-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Spell out `--files0-from' in
+ the example. Suggestion from Bob Proulx.
+
+ * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Document new --files0-from option.
+
+2006-06-20 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (sleep invocation): Document that accepting
+ multiple arguments and suffixes are extensions.
+ Reported by Dan Jacobson.
+
+2006-06-12 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Use $(_W) and $(W_) instead of
+ assuming grep -w (which is not portable).
+
+2006-05-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ * Makefile.am: Use `AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS' rather than
+ overwriting `MAKEINFO', so that `missing' can do its job.
+
+ * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Use `$(EGREP)' instead of `grep -E'.
+ (check-texinfo): Use literal `{' only in brackets, i.e., [{] or [}],
+ to avoid triggering an error from Solaris 2.6's grep.
+
+2006-05-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Remove mention of --seed, since
+ it's going away.
+
+2006-05-04 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Examples of date): Give example of @seconds.
+
+2006-05-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (head invocation, tail invocation, sort invocation):
+ Give advice about porting to hosts that support only obsolete syntax.
+ Problem reported by Zack Weinberg.
+
+2006-04-23 Francesco Montorsi <fr_m@hotmail.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Which files are listed): Describe new option:
+ --group-directories-first.
+
+2006-04-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Add P for Solaris
+ 10 ports. Add commented-out entries for other types that POSIX
+ says are possible, or that I observed in FreeBSD documentation.
+
+2006-04-18 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Input processing in ptx): Remove mention of the
+ default --ignore file, /usr/local/lib/eign. That file has never
+ been used. Reported by Eric Blake.
+
+2006-04-12 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (expr invocation): expr exit status is 3 only for
+ internal errors now; 2 is also for invalid values in expressions.
+
+ (What information is listed): Document 'ls' type letters.
+ Problem reported by Lincoln Martin.
+
+2006-04-09 Ori Avtalion <oavtal@bezeqint.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Top): Add 'hostid' to System context menu line.
+ (trivial change)
+
+2006-03-22 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (General options in ptx): Undocument --copyright.
+
+2006-03-27 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (dirname invocation): Macro in previous patch
+ was too broad.
+
+2006-03-11 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (basename invocation, dirname invocation):
+ Improve documentation to match recent // patches.
+
+2006-03-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): nohup now redirects stderr to
+ nohup.out if stdout is closed and stderr is a tty.
+
+2006-03-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): New flags directory, nolinks.
+ Alphabetize nofollow.
+
+2006-02-17 Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Add base64 section.
+
+2006-02-20 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Fix typo in last patch.
+ (paste invocation): Fix whitespace.
+
+2006-02-18 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Document new -I option, and new
+ --interactive behavior.
+
+2006-02-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Character sets): Don't say that an unknown
+ backslash-escape causes an error message -- it doesn't.
+ Mention that `\' also removes any special significance, so
+ is useful for [, ], *, -. Prompted by Richard Neill in
+ http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=14937
+
+2006-02-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (od invocation): Warn that -t a ignores the high
+ order bit.
+
+2006-01-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): In the obsolete usage, the
+ count is optional, so put square brackets around it.
+
+2006-01-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * getdate.texi (General date syntax): Invalid dates are rejected.
+ (Time of day items): Mention the possibility of leap seconds.
+ Problem reported by Dr. David Alan Gilbert.
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Use @acronym around "ISO" uniformly.
+ (Date conversion specifiers): Explain %g, %G, and %V a bit better.
+
+2006-01-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Say that --retry
+ is useful `mainly' (not `only') when following by name.
+
+2006-01-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi, perm.texi: Clarify file mode bits versus
+ file permission bits.
+ * coreutils.texi (mkfifo invocation, mknod invocation): -m
+ affects only file permission bits.
+
+2005-12-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Clarify that a blank is a space
+ or a tab.
+
+2005-12-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (stat invocation) [--printf]: Describe new option.
+ [--format]: Add example. Distinguish from --printf.
+ Sort option descriptions.
+
+2005-12-05 Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (ls): Clarify the Alternate Access Method description.
+ (cp): Clarify that --preserve=mode also preserves acls.
+
+2005-12-12 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Clarify explanation of
+ --random-sort, and use a simpler example.
+
+2005-12-10 Frederik Eaton <frederik@ofb.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Add --random-sort (-R) and --seed.
+
+2005-12-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): New noatime flag.
+
+2005-11-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (df invocation): Document treatment of dummy file
+ systems better.
+
+2005-11-16 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): ln -v now outputs lines only for
+ successful links.
+ (tail invocation): Say that the obsolete form uses exactly one
+ option and at most one file.
+
+2005-11-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Capitalize two sentences in an
+ enumerated list and fix a typo. From Aaron Hawley.
+
+2005-11-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Formatting file timestamps): ls now defaults to
+ --time-style='locale', which in turn acts like
+ --time-style='posix-long-iso' if the locale settings are messed up.
+
+2005-11-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Don't mention --directory (-d).
+
+2005-11-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Describe obsolete usages
+ like "tail -2" more precisely.
+ (touch invocation): The old usage works only for 1969-1999 now.
+
+2005-08-28 David Madore <david.madore@ens.fr>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Document SHA-1 and SHA-2 utilities.
+
+2005-10-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * doc/coreutils.texi (Top, General output formatting, dir invocation):
+ (vdir invocation): Don't document the old v and d commands.
+
+2005-10-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Document du's -m option,
+ now that we've decided to keep it.
+ (who invocation): Remove documentation for deprecated --idle (-i).
+
+2005-10-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Avoid a few overfull/underfull hboxes.
+
+2005-09-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (touch invocation):
+ "touch -" now touches standard output.
+
+2005-09-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (who invocation): Remove a stray '+'.
+
+2005-09-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (uname invocation): uname -a no longer generates
+ the -p and -i outputs if they are unknown.
+
+2005-09-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Time conversion specifiers, Options for date):
+ Document date --rfc-3339 and new specifiers %:z, %::z, %:::z. Use
+ "date and time" consistently; the old version sometimes said "time
+ and date". Fix a minor bug in the documentation for --rfc-2822:
+ it claimed day-of-month < 10 had leading space, not leading zero.
+ Use a consistent format for terms like "RFC".
+ (uname invocation): Mention that Linux outputs "unknown" for
+ -i and -p.
+
+2005-09-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Document "niceness" versus
+ "nice value" versus "scheduling priority".
+
+2005-09-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Use "niceness", not "nice value"
+ to talk about nice values offset by -20. Don't use the word
+ "priority" when niceness is intended.
+
+2005-08-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (join invocation): Itemize the defaults.
+ From Karl Berry.
+
+2005-08-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cp invocation, mv invocation): Remove square
+ brackets in --reply=[HOW]. Reported by Oscar Liljeblad.
+
+2005-07-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (md5sum invocation): --check now allows multiple
+ FILE inputs.
+
+2005-07-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (false invocation):
+ Mention that false is often built-in, and that it exits
+ with status >1 on some hosts.
+ (true invocation): Remove now-incorrect "non-POSIX mode" reference.
+
+2005-07-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): POSIXLY_CORRECT no longer
+ affects nohup's behavior. Input is redirected from /dev/null.
+
+2005-07-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cat invocation): Remove -B or --binary option
+ (available on MS-DOS-like platforms only). Explain when text and
+ binary mode are used now.
+ (md5sum invocation): -b actually does have an effect on Unix: it
+ causes "*" to be output. Explain when text and binary mode are
+ used now.
+
+2005-07-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Mark --reply as deprecated.
+ (mv invocation): Likewise.
+
+2005-06-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Clarify how --reply=no works.
+
+2005-06-14 William Brendling <wbrendling@gmail.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (du invocation): New options --last-time and
+ --time-style.
+
+2005-06-19 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Change a few `paths' to `file names'.
+ * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Also catch uses of path, pathname.
+
+2005-06-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Clarify that shred
+ works on ext3 as long as it's not in data=journal mode.
+ Patch from Mark Melahn.
+
+2005-06-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Backup options): Undocument --version-control=S (-V).
+
+2005-06-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Examples, from Bob Proulx.
+
+2005-06-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ Use "file name" when talking about file names, instead of "filename"
+ or "path", as per the GNU coding standards.
+ * coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): "path component" ->
+ "component", since we don't use the POSIX "path" nomenclature.
+
+2005-05-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * getdate.texi (General date syntax): Don't say that date
+ date --iso-8601=ns generates acceptable dates; it doesn't yet.
+ Problem reported by Nic Ferrier.
+
+2005-05-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): New flags "binary" and "text".
+
+2005-05-04 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (chmod invocation): chmod -w complains if its
+ behavior differs from what chmod a-w would do.
+
+2005-05-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): ls --indicator-style=directory
+ renamed to ls --indicator-style=slash, to avoid confusion with ls
+ --directory.
+
+2005-04-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * perm.texi (Mode Structure, Changing Special Permissions):
+ (Conditional Executability, Numeric Modes):
+ These days the sticky bit is more often uses as the restricted
+ deletion flag, so modernize the discussion about this.
+ (Mode Structure): Linux/GNU -> GNU/Linux.
+ (Symbolic Modes): Don't imply that "+ur" or "u" is valid.
+ (Setting Permissions): Don't imply that "+t" is invalid.
+ Use "rwx" rather than the less-common "rxw" in an example.
+ (Copying Permissions): Say that ugo is a replacement for
+ a string of the other letters. Add spaces around examples.
+ Use "set-user-ID" rather than "set user ID" to avoid ambiguity.
+ Use "+t" rather than "o+t", since POSIX doesn't specify the latter.
+ Mention which combinations are portable and which are GNU.
+ (Numeric Modes): Don't imply they aren't portable; they are
+ nowadays.
+
+2005-04-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Standards conformance): Do not mention head -10,
+ since it now works the same regardless of POSIX version.
+ (od invocation): -w N -> -w[N].
+ (pr invocation): -S STRING -> -SSTRING.
+ (fold invocation): -WIDTH works even when conforming to POSIX
+ 1003.1-2001.
+ (head invocation, tail invocation): Likewise for -NUM.
+ (split invocation): Likewise for -LINES.
+ (uniq invocation): Likewise for -N.
+ (expand invocation, unexpand invocation): Likewise for -TAB.
+ (nice invocation): Likewise for -ADJUSTMENT.
+ (sort invocation): Clarify explanation of +N option.
+ (uniq invocation): Likewise.
+ (join invocation): Remove special case for --help, --version.
+ (touch invocation): Clarify explanation of date options.
+ (Options for date): -I timespec -> -I[timespec].
+
+2005-04-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (install invocation): Use a= instead of 0 for
+ the point of departure for -m, and explain what it meeams.
+ (mkdir invocation, mkfifo invocation, mknod invocation):
+ The umask does not affect the point of departure.
+ Problem reported by Mike Stone.
+
+2005-04-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: For consistency, standardize on "user ID" rather
+ than "uid" or "UID" or "user id". Similarly for "group ID".
+
+2005-04-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Say that --recursive removes
+ listed directories too, not just their contents.
+
+2005-04-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document the distinction between
+ INFO and USR1 for dd, and the effect of POSIXLY_CORRECT here.
+
+2005-04-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cat invocation, chown invocation)
+ (chgrp invocation, basename invocation, dirname invocation):
+ Add examples, which are copies of the examples newly added
+ to the usage messages.
+ (ln invocation): Use same format as other examples above,
+ for consistency.
+
+2005-03-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Clarify NUL vs null byte vs null character.
+
+2005-03-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): Clarify nohup.out creation.
+
+2005-03-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Formatting file timestamps): Very long timestamps
+ may be treated as errors.
+
+2005-03-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (date invocation): Use an example that makes it
+ clear tha the default date use space-padded day of month.
+ Replace "directive" with "conversion specifier" to be consistent
+ with POSIX. All uses changed.
+ Fix menu RHS to match actual directive lists.
+ (Time conversion specifiers): Renamed from Time directives.
+ Use @samp consistently, sometimes instead of @code.
+ Consistently ention which specifiers are GNU extensions.
+ Give more examples (in some cases, instead of ranges).
+ Say why %F is preferred for dates.
+ (Date conversion specifiers): Renamed from Date directives.
+ Likewise for other changes.
+ (Padding and other flags): Correct the description.
+ Document #. Give an example for %9B.
+
+2005-02-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Adjust to match current strftime.c.
+ (Time directives): Say that %k, %l, and %P are GNU extensions.
+ For %p and %P, mention handling of noon and midnight.
+ For %s, use ISO 8601, and mention handling of leap seconds.
+ For %S, clarify mention of leap seconds.
+ For %T, say that it's the same as %H:%M:%S.
+ For %X, don't say that it must be the same as %H:%M:%S.
+ For %z and %Z, clarify which time zones are used. These options
+ are now affected by --date, so don't claim that they're not.
+ (Date directives): %C is now all but the last two chars of %Y.
+ For %D, say that it's equivalent to %m/%d/%y.
+ For %e, use blank in example.
+ For %h, use @code for %b.
+ For %Y, mention what happens with outlandish years.
+ (Padding and other flags): Renamed from Padding.
+ Mention that the flags are GNU extensions.
+ Mention the 0 and ^ flags.
+ Mention field widths an modifiers.
+ (Examples of date): - is a flag, not a modifier.
+
+2005-01-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Specify that a string
+ of zero digits is interpreted as 0. Reported by Ulrich Hermisson.
+
+2005-01-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Clarify that shred works fine
+ with journaled file systems that are configured not to journal
+ file system data. Also mention BFS and NTFS.
+
+2004-12-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Change minor problem to be
+ "subdirectory not found", since top-level trouble is now serious.
+ (dircolors invocation): Quote argument to eval. Problem reported
+ by Stephane Chazelas.
+
+2004-12-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (join invocation): Mention that blank separators
+ in the -o option need to be quoted. Problem reported by Phil Clayton.
+
+2004-12-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (id invocation): -G also prints main group.
+ Problem reported by Tim Waugh.
+
+2004-12-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document new "ls" exit status.
+
+2004-12-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * getdate.texi (Time of day items, Time zone items):
+ Describe new formats +00:00, UTC+00:00.
+
+2004-12-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Say when --complement is useful.
+
+2004-10-01 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Document --complement and
+ adjust the documentation of -b, -c, -f.
+
+2004-11-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Use if=/dev/null rather
+ than :|. Problem reported by Dan Jacobson.
+ Use "seek=2GiB" rather than the wordier "seek=`echo '2^31'|bc`".
+ Say "KiB" not the (inaccurate) "kilobytes".
+ Similarly for "GiB" and "gigabytes".
+
+2004-11-16 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Changes inspired by Debian coreutils 5.2.1-2.
+ (General output formatting): -x doesn't have an operand.
+ (Formatting the file names): Warn that even with -N unprintable
+ chars are still printed as '?' some times.
+ (rm invocation): Reword rm -d to note that it's sometimes useful
+ on non-directories.
+ (logname invocation, users invocation, who invocation):
+ The utmp and wtmp file names vary from system to system.
+
+ * getdate.texi (General date syntax): "next" is 1, not 2.
+ Document that "second" isn't allowed as an ordinal number.
+
+2004-11-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Reword the new dd message.
+
+2004-11-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): dd now outputs total bytes,
+ seconds, and bytes per second.
+
+2004-11-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * Makefile.am (_W, W_): New macros.
+ (check-texinfo): Use them instead of assuming grep -w (which is not
+ portable).
+
+2004-10-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Document TZ better, and adjust to new getdate.texi.
+ (Top): Update menu.
+ (pr invocation, Formatting file timestamps, touch invocation,
+ stat invocation, who invocation, date invocation, Options for date):
+ Mention TZ.
+ * getdate.texi: Sync from gnulib.
+
+2004-10-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Standards conformance): Use "head -10" rather
+ than "head -1" as example of obsolete usage, since the POSIX
+ consensus is that "head -1" could be supported even if we don't
+ yet have clear consensus on "head -10". See today's revision to
+ the SUS FAQ
+ <http://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/single_unix_faq.html>.
+
+2004-10-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (pathchk invocation): Options must precede operands.
+
+2004-10-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (pathchk invocation): Overall lengths are
+ OS limits, not file system limits. Component length checks
+ apply to all components, not merely to existing ones. Say
+ that nonexistent names are not errors. For -p, omit all
+ checks based on the underlying file system, not merely length
+ checks. Explain what the portable file name character set is.
+
+2004-10-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Mention ISO/IEC 10646 as
+ well as Unicode. Various minor formatting cleanups.
+
+2004-10-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Move LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE
+ index entries to proper paragraph.
+
+2004-10-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Add `builtin' and `builtins' to
+ the list of words to avoid.
+
+2004-10-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Special built-in utilities): New node.
+ (printf invocation): builtin -> built-in, for consistency
+ with POSIX terminology.
+ (test invocation, pwd invocation):
+ Use specific rather than generic language to warn about
+ built-in commands.
+ (chroot invocation, env invocation, nice invocation, nohup invocation):
+ Warn that command must not be a special built-in.
+ (env invocation): Warn about environment variables with unusual
+ spellings, or duplicates.
+
+2004-09-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document "ls --hide".
+
+2004-09-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (chmod invocation): Warn about "chmod -w file".
+
+2004-09-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Fix bugs in the description of
+ the obsolete syntax (e.g., it does not support -k or -m). Warn
+ about usages like "tail -" and "tail -c 4" that are ambigous on
+ older systems.
+
+2004-09-20 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (mv invocation, rm invocation): Say "the response
+ is affirmative" rather than "the response begins with y or Y",
+ so that the documentation is accurate in non-English locales.
+ Problem reported by Munzir Taha.
+
+2004-09-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Distinguish between options
+ (e.g., --help) and operands (e.g., if=file). Move miscellaneous
+ stuff after the operand descriptions, for clarity.
+
+2004-09-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): -u disables the last-resort
+ comparison, too. Revamp its description.
+ (test invocation): Document -r, -w, -x more carefully.
+
+2004-09-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Common options): Some programs don't reorder
+ options.
+ (tr invocation, echo invocation, printf invocation, test invocation,
+ expr invocation, basename invocation, chroot invocation,
+ nice invocation, nohup invocation, seq invocation):
+ This program doesn't reorder options.
+ (tr invocation): Mention --help, --version, --.
+ (echo invocation): Mention that -- isn't special.
+ (test invocation): Mention that the expression is optional,
+ and that test ! EXPR is like ! test EXPR.
+ Mention that -h and -L don't dereference symlinks.
+ (expr invocation): Mention --help, --version.
+
+ * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Add remarks about sort -u
+ versus sort | uniq. Prompted by a question from Andrew Noymer.
+
+2004-09-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (od invocation): Several changes for POSIX
+ and FreeBSD compatibility. Add support for XSI syntax
+ (POSIX 1003.1-2004). Rename -s[N] to -S N. Remove documentation
+ for -h. -i is now -t dI (not d2) and -l is now -t dL (not d4).
+
+2004-09-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (String tests): Improve quality of warning about
+ quoting strings for the shell.
+
+2004-09-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Specify which conversion options
+ are mutually exclusive. Give a bit more detail about ascii,
+ ebcdic, and ibm conversions.
+
+2004-08-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ POSIX-conformance fixes for "expand" and "unexpand".
+ * coreutils.texi: Standardize on "tab stop" (the POSIX usage)
+ rather than "tabstop".
+ (unexpand invocation): Use "blank" rather than "space" when
+ POSIX requires "blank". Define "blank". Initial blanks are
+ converted even if there's just one. For -a, convert two or
+ more blanks only if they occur just before a tab stop.
+
+2004-08-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (chown invocation): Fix synopsis:
+ group must always be preceded by separator.
+ "chown : file" and "chown '' file" don't change the owner or group.
+ Update the explanation of what happens to the set-user-ID or
+ set-group-ID bits, e.g., they sometimes are not cleared if they
+ denote mandatory locking. Change "find"-oriented examples to use
+ chown -h.
+
+2004-08-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Clarify how "printf" is
+ supposed to work with extra arguments, missing arguments, etc.
+
+2004-08-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ POSIX-conformance fixes for "-" used as an operand.
+ * coreutils.texi (Common options): Clarify that "-" means
+ stdin/stdout only when it is an operand, not when it is an
+ option-argument.
+ (shred invocation): "shred -- -" is equivalent to "shred -",
+ not to "shred ./-".
+ (tee invocation): "tee -" means to copy (again) to stdout.
+
+2004-07-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Document the "nice value", and
+ how it affects the scheduling priority. (The old documentation
+ implied that the nice value equaled the scheduling priority, which
+ isn't accurate.) Document that the range of nice values might
+ exceed -20..19. Specify what happens when you give a nice value
+ that is out of range, or when you don't have permissions to lower
+ the nice value. Bash doesn't have a builtin 'nice', so don't say
+ "most shells" have one.
+
+2004-04-03 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Document new
+ "readlink -f" behaviour and new canonicalize options, -e and -m.
+
+2004-07-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Disallow `filename' in .texi files.
+ Spell it like `file name' instead, to be consistent.
+ Fail if a @footnote directive follows non-punctuation.
+ Fail upon use of @url. Use @uref instead.
+
+2004-07-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Common options, Target directory, cp invocation,
+ install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation): Add -t as a
+ short option for --target-directory, and -T as a short option for
+ --no-target-directory. Clean up relevant synopses a bit, so that
+ the language is similar for all.
+
+2004-06-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Put the right amount of space at sentence ends.
+ Make sure "i.e." and "e.g." are followed by commas (the GNU style).
+ Put blank lines before and after every @example, prefer the
+ previous line to end in ":" (when not a sentence end, for consistency),
+ and prepend @noindent to the following line when appropriate.
+ In examples, use "--" arguments when needed to prevent undesired
+ interpretation of operands as options.
+ Use "file name" rather than "filename", as per the GNU coding standards.
+ Remove unwanted spaces before @footnote.
+ Use "---" when appropriate, instead of " -- ".
+ Use "name" (or something like that) rather than "path" or "pathname",
+ since the GNU coding standards don't allow "path".
+ Use @acronym, @command, @minus{}, @samp in a few places,
+ where appropriate.
+ (Target directory): Clarify description of example.
+ (fmt invocation): Give issue number for reference, and reword
+ for clarity.
+ (sort invocation): Note that xargs without -0 also mishandles
+ file names containing some special characters other than newline.
+ (Translating): Mention that \012 is not universally portable.
+ Use '\0' rather than '\000'.
+ (Squeezing): bourne -> Bourne.
+ Fix unportable usage of '\n' by replacing it with '[\n*]'.
+ (More details about version sort): Remove unnecessary indent
+ in examples.
+ (dd invocation): Use 'kill -s USR1', not 'kill -USR1', as POSIX
+ indicates that the former is more portable (the latter is an XSI
+ extension).
+ (shred invocation): Use @uref rather than @url, and use a more-typical
+ style for the date.
+ (kill invocation): Clarify usage; for example, "kill -s TERM -1"
+ isn't allowed.
+ (seq invocation): Reword to avoid implying that printf necessarily
+ fails for numbers outside the 32-bit range. Prefer separating
+ options from their operands.
+ (Opening the software toolbox): Give an online reference to
+ Robbins's article, and give a date. Don't imply that the
+ current documentation is unchanged from his article.
+ (Putting the tools together): Rework examples so that they don't
+ assume the C locale; nowadays many users now operate outside the C
+ locale by default. While we're at it, don't assume ASCII either.
+ Indent example to match actual output from GNU uniq. Remove some
+ unnecessary and confusing brackets from 'tr' operands. "Software
+ Tools in Pascal" is back in print, according to Amazon anyway.
+ Add references to Kernighan's online copies of examples.
+
+2004-06-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi, perm.texi: Standardize on "file system" rather
+ than "filesystem", as POSIX prefers it with a space.
+
+2004-06-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Common options, Target directory, cp
+ invocation, install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation):
+ Likewise.
+ (link invocation): Explain how to rewrite link using ln now
+ that we have --no-target-directory.
+ (ln invocation): Explain that --no-target-directory subsumes
+ --no-dereference.
+ (unlink invocation): Modify wording to match new wording in
+ link invocation.
+
+2004-06-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (install invocation): Document
+ --target-directory in synopsis, too.
+
+2004-06-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (yes invocation): "--" is now supported.
+ (false invocation, true invocation): --help and --version now
+ work unconditionally.
+
+2004-06-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Remove menu references to just-removed subsection.
+
+2004-06-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (tr invocation): Remove the section describing
+ how POSIXLY_CORRECT changes tr's behavior.
+
+2004-06-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Clarify what --output-delimiter=STR
+ does with byte/character ranges.
+
+2004-06-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (tr invocation): Mention -C.
+
+2004-05-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (echo invocation): Document today's changes.
+
+2004-05-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ chgrp and chown now dereference symlinks by default, per POSIX.
+ * coreutils.texi (chgrp invocation, chown invocation): Document it.
+
+2004-05-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Document that "sort -m -o F"
+ might write F before reading all the input.
+
+2004-05-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Change IO to I/O.
+ * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Check for the above.
+
+2004-04-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Mention -k earlier, so
+ that the options are in alphabetical order. Describe how -b works
+ more-accurately; this involves fixing some examples, too. Mention
+ what happens if the start field falls after an end field or after
+ a line end. Warn about using -k without -b, -g, -M, -n, or -t.
+ Add an example of how to sort IPv4 addresses and Apache Common
+ Log Format dates. Remove a duplicate example.
+ (Putting the tools together): Use separate options rather
+ than agglomerating them.
+
+2004-03-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ cp -pu and mv -u (when copying) now take the destination
+ file system time stamp resolution into account.
+
+ * coreutils.texi (mv invocation): Document this.
+ (cp invocation): Document -u (it was missing!) with new behavior.
+
+2004-04-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Remove noctty flag from dd.
+
+2004-04-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ New dd conv= symbols nocreat, excl, fdatasync, fsync,
+ and new dd options iflag= and oflag=.
+
+ * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document them.
+
+2004-04-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (stty invocation - Input): Document new iutf8 option.
+
+2004-04-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Correct --format description.
+
+2004-02-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Block size): Document new envvar BLOCKSIZE.
+
+2004-03-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Add a check to ensure future
+ consistency in using @sc{nul}, not `NUL'.
+
+2004-03-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Use @sc{nul} consistently for NUL.
+ (du invocation): FILE0 -> FILE.
+
+2004-03-23 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (du invocation): --files0-from is useful with
+ --total (-c), not with --summarize.
+
+2004-03-22 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Tweak a few lines that resulted in
+ `overfull hbox' warnings.
+
+2004-03-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Document new option: --file0-from=F.
+
+2004-02-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (touch invocation):
+ Describe use of fractional seconds.
+ (date invocation, Options for date): Likewise.
+ * getdate.texi (General date syntax, Time of day items): Likewise.
+ * coreutils.texi (date invocation): Mention effect of LC_TIME.
+ (Options for date): Describe new --iso-8601=ns option.
+
+ * getdate.texi: Add copyright notice. Change getdate to
+ get_date when talking about the function name.
+ (Seconds since the Epoch): New section, containing the time_t
+ info moved from Date input formats section, along with new
+ info about the @ syntax. Mention negative time stamps,
+ fractional time stamps, and leap seconds.
+ (General date syntax): Modernize examples a bit to reflect new
+ features.
+ (General date syntax, Relative items in date strings):
+ Use ' rather than " to quote formats.
+ (Time of day items): Add an example with fractional seconds.
+ Describe fractional-second syntax.
+
+2004-03-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (date invocation): Add missing `C' to %[...] range
+ in the `Date directives:: ...' menu entry. From Bob Proulx.
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Add FIXME comment:
+ The following don't have `invocation' nodes: [, pinky, shasum, uptime.
+
+2004-03-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Sorting the output): Remove description of
+ ls's --sort=directory option. ls doesn't accept that option, yet.
+ Reported by Arvind Autar.
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Improve description of
+ cp's --sparse=WHEN option.
+
+ * coreutils.texi (nl invocation): Specify that these are _basic_
+ regular expressions (BRE), and add a link to grep's documentation.
+ Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
+
+2004-02-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (chown invocation): Document that chown now falls
+ back on USER.GROUP parsing regardless of POSIX version, as POSIX
+ 1003.1-2001 allows that behavior as a compatible extension.
+
+2004-02-22 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Mention that using du's -H option
+ currently evokes a warning.
+
+2004-02-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (expr invocation):
+ Document what forms integers may take, and say "integer"
+ consistently instead of "number". Warn about operands
+ that "expr" can misinterpret, and how to work around the
+ problem.
+
+2004-02-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (csplit invocation): Correct typo (s/LINE/N/)
+ in description of `N' pattern. From Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
+
+2004-02-11 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Time directives): The %s value *is* changed by the
+ --date=DATE option; don't say otherwise. Patch from Padraig Brady.
+
+2004-02-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Formatting the file names):
+ Improve wording for --quoting-style documentation.
+ Suggestions by Bruno Haible.
+
+2004-02-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Add examples.
+ Prompted by a suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
+ (factor invocation): Add an example.
+ Update timing numbers for a more modern CPU.
+
+2004-01-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (seq invocation): Remove `@dots{}' at end of synopsis.
+ Separate `Synopses' section into three examples.
+ Clarify first paragraph. @w{}-protect an expression.1
+ Use @option{--option}, rather than @code{--option}.
+
+2004-01-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Exit status): Document that ordinary failure
+ might not exit with status 1 on unusual platforms.
+ Mention chroot, env, nice, and su as having unusual exit
+ status patterns. Don't bother to mention true and false
+ since their exit status patterns are actually normal.
+ (sort invocation, su invocation): Mention its unusual exit
+ status pattern.
+ (chroot invocation): Simplify description of exit status 1.
+ Remove duplicate description of status 127.
+ (env invocation): Use consistent tenses; simplifiy description
+ of status 1.
+ (nice invocation): Likewise.
+
+2003-12-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (touch invocation): touch -r and -d can now
+ both be specified, with -r specifying the origin for -d.
+
+2004-01-15 Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@kemisten.nu>
+
+ Factor out some common options.
+ * coreutils.texi (Common options): Define macros here.
+ (What information is listed, cp invocation): Use the macro(s).
+ (install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation): Likewise.
+ (df invocation, du invocation): Likewise.
+
+2004-01-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ Document the exit status of each and every program.
+ * coreutils.texi (yes invocation): Document that a write error
+ makes `yes' exit unsuccessfully.
+ (chroot invocation): Enumerate the meaning of exit status values.
+ (nice invocation): Likewise.
+ (Exit status) [@macro exitstatus]: New macro.
+ Use @exitstatus to describe the exit status of most programs.
+
+2004-01-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Mention that -H will eventually
+ mean not --si, but --dereference-args (-D).
+
+2003-12-20 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Describe new option: -0, --null.
+
+2003-12-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (What information is listed, chroot invocation):
+ Adjust example 'ls' output to match new behavior with narrower
+ output columns.
+ (The cut command): Remove example that cut the output of
+ 'ls -l'. The output was incorrect even with the old 'ls', and
+ the whole idea of using 'cut' on 'ls -l' output is bogus anyway.
+
+2003-11-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ Parse floating-point operands and options in the C locale.
+ POSIX requires this for printf, and we might as well be
+ consistent elsewhere (tail, sleep, seq).
+
+ * coreutils.texi (tail invocation, printf invocation,
+ sleep invocation, seq invocation): Document this.
+
+2003-11-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Traversing symlinks, Treating / specially):
+ New sections.
+ (rm invocation, chown invocation, chmod invocation, chgrp invocation):
+ Describe new options, --preserve-root and --no-preserve-root.
+
+2003-11-11 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (chown invocation) [chownchgrpoptions]: New macro
+ describing -H, -L, -P options. Use it here.
+ (chgrp invocation): And here.
+
+2003-11-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Fix typo in example.
+
+2003-10-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Note that --directory, -d, -F
+ probably won't work even for superuser. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
+
+2003-09-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (csplit invocation):
+ The regexp offset need not have a sign; POSIX requires support
+ for signless offets.
+
+2003-10-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Describe -P, --no-dereference.
+
+2003-09-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Translating): Correct typo in menu description.
+ From A Costa.
+
+2003-09-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): -d now overrides -i.
+ "whitespace" -> "blanks"; "whitespace" isn't correct.
+ -t '\0' now specifies a NUL tab.
+
+2003-08-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (who invocation): Add an entry for -l, --login.
+ Remove `-l' from the entry for --lookup.
+ (who invocation): Begin adding missing option documentation.
+
+2003-08-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (split invocation):
+ Add -d or --numeric-suffixes option to 'split'.
+
+2003-07-31 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * getdate.texi (General date syntax): Add --rfc-2822 option to GNU date.
+ * coreutils.texi (Options for date): Fix a typo in format:
+ it's now %d not %_d. Add URLs.
+
+2003-07-31 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * getdate.texi (Relative items in date strings): Warn about
+ fuzz in relative units.
+
+2003-07-29 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Restore two end-of-sentence words
+ that were mistakenly removed on 2002-09-13. Reported by Paul Worrall.
+
+2003-07-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Explain that a SIGUSR1 signal
+ makes dd give a progress report to stderr.
+
+2003-07-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Document changes of 2003-07-24.
+
+2003-07-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (su invocation): Use `@subsection', not invalid
+ `@heading'.
+
+2003-07-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (expr invocation): Exit status is 2 if the
+ expression is syntactically invalid, 3 if there is some other error.
+ This change is for conformance to POSIX.
+
+2003-07-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (uname invocation): Explain the POSIX
+ terminology behind uname -m and uname -s.
+
+2003-07-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (chown invocation): Warn that chown
+ now clears set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits on some systems.
+ From Bob Proulx.
+ (nohup invocation): Tell what happens when stdout is not a terminal.
+ Based on a suggestion from Steven Mocking.
+
+2003-07-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Standards conformance): Mention that uses like
+ `tail -1' and `head -1', like `sort +1', are non conforming.
+ (chown invocation): Say that using `.' as a separator may not work.
+
+2003-06-25 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Time directives) [%s]: Add a cross reference
+ to the related examples.
+ (Examples of date): Add an @anchor here, along with a few more examples.
+ Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
+
+2003-06-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Tweak wording: wc prints counts in
+ the order `newline, word, byte'. Suggestion from Keith M. Briggs.
+ Also change `lines' to `newlines'.
+
+2003-05-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (head invocation): Document --bytes=-N and --lines=-N.
+
+2003-05-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (uniq invocation, squeezing, The uniq command):
+ Use "repeated" rather than "duplicate" to describe adjacent
+ duplicates; this simplifies the description and makes it more
+ consistent with POSIX.
+ (uniq invocation): Make it clear that -d and -u suppress the
+ output of lines, rather than cause some lines to be output.
+ Mention what happens if a line lacks enough fields or characters.
+
+2003-05-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (true invocation): Mention that it is possible to
+ make true --help or true --version (in non-POSIX mode) exit nonzero.
+ Suggestion from Paul Eggert.
+
+2003-05-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Exit status): Remove `uniq' from the list.
+ It uses standard exit codes.
+ (More details about version sort): Note that strverscmp, and hence
+ `ls -v', does not use LC_COLLATE. Reported by From: Andrey Borzenkov.
+
+2003-04-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ Fix printf POSIX compatibility bug reported by Ben Harris in
+ <http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2003-04/msg00070.html>.
+ * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): It's \NNN in the format,
+ \0NNN in the %b operand.
+
+2003-04-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Check for uses of non-zero.
+ I prefer to spell it `nonzero'.
+
+ * coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Tweak description a little.
+
+2003-04-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * Makefile.am (constants.texi): Rename target (thus enabling it),
+ now that fileutils, textutils, and sh-utils have been merged.
+ (MAINTAINERCLEANFILES): Define.
+
+2003-04-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (false invocation): Note that false exits
+ unsuccessfully even with --help and --version.
+
+ * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Don't fail if perl is missing.
+ Reported by Nelson Beebe.
+
+2003-03-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Fix formatting bugs.
+ From Paul Eggert.
+ (sort invocation): Describe sort's --stable (-s) option.
+
+2003-03-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Mention that --exact
+ is now the default for non-regular files.
+
+2003-03-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Exit status): New section.
+ Suggestion from Michael Stone.
+
+2003-02-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Document --apparent-size.
+ Adjust documentation of --bytes (-b).
+ (stat invocation): Describe %B.
+
+2003-02-07 Richard Dawe <rich@phekda.freeserve.co.uk>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Use @command instead of @code for program names.
+
+ * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Mention filesystem-specific
+ permissions and that mounting a filesystem as read-only may
+ override actual file permissions. Use @command instead
+ of @code for program names.
+
+2003-02-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Adjust alignment and mention `file, text, shell'
+ on the `* Coreutils:...' dirently line. From Karl Berry.
+
+2003-02-05 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Allow bare `POSIX' to be used on
+ direntry lines.
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Use new form of @direntry.
+ Put unlink in its proper place. Adjust wording in some
+ dir entry descriptions, mainly so they fit in 80 columns.
+ Don't use mark-up like @acronym{POSIX} in direntries.
+ Mostly from Karl Berry.
+
+2003-01-25 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Describe new functionality of
+ --output-delimiter=STR.
+
+2003-01-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (The cut command): Give an example of using cut -c
+ with an output delimiter. From Jan Nieuwenhuizen.
+
+ * coreutils.texi (The cut command): Extend the new example a little.
+ (Formatting file timestamps): Fix typo: s/%M:S/%M:%S/.
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Change each use of `Core-utils' to `Coreutils'.
+ From Karl Berry.
+
+2003-01-19 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Which files are listed): Document new option:
+ --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir.
+
+2003-01-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ Change ls -H back to the way it was yesterday, since this is
+ compatible with FreeBSD and the POSIX spec is confusing
+ and somewhat contradictory.
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Which files are listed, General output
+ formatting): Undo last change.
+
+2003-01-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (General output formatting): Reflect option name change:
+ s/--dereference-command-line/--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir/.
+ Say that this option changes how ls treats only symlinks to directories
+ specified on the command line.
+
+2002-08-27 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Document readlink.
+
+2002-12-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (mknod invocation): Specify how major and minor mode
+ numbers are interpreted. Report forwarded by Kristin E Thomas.
+
+2002-11-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Examples of expr): Remove bogus `^'s.
+ Reported by Thomas Goerlich.
+
+2002-11-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (What information is listed) [--dired]:
+ Correct parts of --dired description. Reported by Andre Spiegel.
+ Include a lot more description, with examples.
+
+2002-11-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Fix typo in index:
+ change \0x prefix to \x.
+ Change \xhhh to \xhh.
+
+2002-10-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ Add support for locale-specific size indications (e.g.,
+ thousands-separators) and for explicit size suffixes on output.
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Block size): Say that:
+ This affects display format as well as block size.
+ Fractional block counts are rounded up.
+ ls file size blocksize defaults to 1.
+ A block size spec preceded by ' generates thousands separators.
+ A suffix without a preceding integer generates suffixes.
+ (tail invocation): 32k -> 32 KiB.
+ (What information is listed): ls -h is now equivalent to
+ ls --block-size=human, and ls -H is now equivalent to
+ ls --block-size=si. Displayed file size is now always affected by
+ --block-size.
+
+2002-09-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): In --sleep-interval=NUMBER,
+ NUMBER may now be a floating point number.
+ (stat invocation): Remove references to now-removed %S and %C.
+ (Time directives) [%S]: Explain why the range is [0..60].
+
+2002-08-30 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi [START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY]: Don't use sc{} on LHS.
+ Fix typo: s/permission/permissions/. From Michail Litvak.
+
+2002-08-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (uniq invocation): uniq now obeys LC_COLLATE.
+
+2002-07-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): Change behavior to conform to
+ POSIX 1003.1-2001:
+ - Do not adjust scheduling priority.
+ - Redirects stderr to stdout, if stderr is not a terminal.
+ - Exit status is now 126 if command was found but not invoked,
+ 127 if nohup failed or if command was not found.
+
+2002-07-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Time directives): Document %P, %R, %e, %F,
+ %g, %G, and %V
+
+2002-07-22 Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Formatting the file names): Document
+ that -N/--literal are equivalent to --quoting-style=literal.
+ Reported by Oskar Liljeblad as Debian bug#103612.
+
+2002-07-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (du invocation): s/PAT/PATTERN/.
+ From Martin Michlmayr.
+
+2002-07-08 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Remove unnecessary "$@" in example;
+ Texinfo would render the @" as an umlaut over the following character.
+ From Paul Eggert.
+ * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Check for the above.
+
+2002-07-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Remove description of --secure.
+
+2002-07-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Rename --link/-l
+ to --dereference/-L. Rewrite description of --dereference.
+
+2002-06-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Putting the tools together): Don't mention egrep,
+ since it's not part of POSIX 1003.1-2001.
+
+2002-06-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): New section. From Michael Meskes.
+
+2002-05-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document new option: --author.
+
+2002-06-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Add the warning (also in the --help
+ output) that the contents of a removed file are often recoverable.
+
+2002-05-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Adapt to reflect that now we use
+ @acronym{POSIX}.
+
+2002-05-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Use @acronym in place of most uses of @sc.
+ * getdate.texi (Date input formats): Likewise.
+
+2002-04-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Change `@code{PROG}' to `@command{PROG}'.
+
+2002-04-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (kill invocation): Document the above.
+ Document POSIX signals better.
+
+2002-04-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Document kill.
+ Written by Marcus Brinkmann.
+
+2002-04-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Document link and unlink.
+
+2002-04-08 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Use new directives, @copying and @insertcopying,
+ thus now requiring texinfo-4.2 to create the .info file.
+
+2002-02-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (File characteristic tests): Document the
+ behavior of test -nt and -ot when one of the files does not exist,
+ using the same behavior that is documented in ksh93.
+
+2002-03-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Say that selected input is
+ written in the same order that it is read, and is written
+ exactly once.
+
+2002-03-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ Make cp -r equivalent to cp -R. Add a new cp option --copy-contents
+ for people who want to emulate the traditional (and rarely desirable)
+ cp -r behavior.
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Document this.
+ Fix some related minor bugs: --no-dereference is no longer
+ equivalent to -d, and --archive (-a) can override the other
+ symlink options. Warn that cp -R is not portable on symbolic
+ links unless you also specify -P.
+
+2002-03-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Document that cp -r
+ preserves symlinks. Emphasize non-portability of cp -r.
+
+2002-02-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Time directives): Add %N for nanoseconds.
+ This documents the recent change to 'ls'.
+
+2002-02-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (pr invocation): Reword to avoid using `:'
+ in an @opindex entry -- info doesn't permit it.
+
+2002-02-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Formatting file timestamps): Document new
+ time-formatting method: --time-style=+FORMAT.
+
+2002-02-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (seq invocation): In the example, use "tail
+ -n 3", not "tail -3", to conform to POSIX 1003.1-2001.
+
+2002-02-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (tsort background): New section.
+ From Ian Lance Taylor.
+ (tsort invocation): Add a more realistic example.
+
+2002-02-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Document _POSIX2_VERSION.
+ (Standards Conformance): New section.
+
+2002-01-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY): Remove a few entries
+ and clean up a few others based on suggestions from Bob Proulx.
+
+2002-02-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ Add support for POSIX 1003.1-2001, which requires removal for
+ support of obsolete "+" option syntax in sort, tail, and uniq.
+ * coreutils.texi: Document this. (Also, document a similar
+ change to "touch", for fileutils).
+
+2002-01-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): List some journaled filesystems.
+
+2001-11-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (Date directives): Document %u.
+
+2001-11-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (paste invocation): Give examples.
+ Thanks to Dan Jacobson for suggesting the examples.
+
+2001-11-05 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Recommend setting LC_ALL=C,
+ not LC_COLLATE=C. Explain how the latter can cause problems.
+ Based on a message from Paul Eggert.
+ (ls invocation): Recommend setting LC_ALL=C, not LC_COLLATE=C.
+
+2001-10-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Describe --reply=...
+
+2001-10-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): `cp --no-dereference' is
+ no longer equivalent to `cp -d'.
+ `cp -d' is equivalent to `--no-dereference --preserve=links'.
+ cp's -P option means --no-dereference, not --parents.
+ Describe new optional argument to --preserve.
+ Describe new option: --no-preserve=ATTRIBUTE_LIST.
+
+2001-09-23 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Redirect stderr of `grep -w' to
+ /dev/null, so people with old versions of grep don't see the failure.
+
+2001-09-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (mv invocation): Describe new option:
+ --reply={yes,no,query}. Fix a few typos.
+
+2001-09-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (uniq invocation): The input need not
+ be sorted. Try to clarify -d versus -D versus -u.
+
+2001-09-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Document new option: -F.
+ From Herbert Xu.
+
+2001-09-04 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (join invocation): Describe the GNU
+ extension to join, which does not require sorted input when
+ the input contains no unpairable lines.
+
+2001-09-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi:
+ New 'uname' options -i or --hardware-platform,
+ and -o or --operating-system.
+ 'uname -a' now outputs -i and -o information at the end.
+ New uname option --kernel-version is an alias for -v.
+ Uname option --release has been renamed to --kernel-release,
+ and --sysname has been renamed to --kernel-name;
+ the old options will work for a while, but are no longer documented.
+
+2001-08-24 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Document how cut treats lines
+ with no separators.
+
+2001-06-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: expr now uses LC_COLLATE for string comparison,
+ as per POSIX.
+
+2001-08-25 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: Use @option, rather than @samp everywhere.
+
+2001-06-21 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+ * coreutils.texi: 'expr' now requires '+' rather than 'quote'
+ to quote tokens.
+
+2001-07-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Reflect 2001-07-08 change to
+ cp (via copy.c).
+
+2001-06-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): Reflect renaming: s/omni-/core/.
+ * coreutils.texi: Likewise.
+
+ * coreutils.texi: New, renamed from omni-utils.texi.
+ * omni-utils.texi: Removed, renamed to coreutils.texi.
+
+ * omni-utils.texi (ls invocation): Mention the effect of locale.
+ Reported by Keith Thompson.
+
+2001-05-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * texinfo.tex: Update from master source.
+
+ * omni-utils.texi (ls invocation): Document more clearly what ls
+ does when given no arguments.
+
+2001-05-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * textutils.texi: Remove file.
+
+ * Makefile.am ($(DVIS), $(INFO_DEPS)): Depend on $(EXTRA_DIST).
+ (DISABLED_constants.texi): New rule -- disabled for now.
+
+ This directory is now shared by fileutils, textutils, and sh-utils.
+
+
+ -----
+
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+ Foundation, Inc.
+
+ Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
+ modification, are permitted provided the copyright notice
+ and this notice are preserved.