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author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2004-01-09 16:21:51 +0000 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2004-01-09 16:21:51 +0000 |
commit | 3c0b7717ef7dc042e9730c424acc92440562fc44 (patch) | |
tree | 02019a425f94972075044b18ec3f2046025c1656 /doc/coreutils.texi | |
parent | 2da5fc253a9d066b8e40bddca1a897b58dcf95a3 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-3c0b7717ef7dc042e9730c424acc92440562fc44.tar.xz |
(du invocation): Mention that -H will eventually
mean not --si, but --dereference-args (-D).
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 9102679f4..b3232181c 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -8391,17 +8391,13 @@ are often symbolic links. @cindex human-readable output Append a size letter to each size, such as @samp{M} for mebibytes. Powers of 1024 are used, not 1000; @samp{M} stands for 1,048,576 bytes. -Use the @option{-H} or @option{--si} option if you prefer powers of 1000. +Use the @option{--si} option if you prefer powers of 1000. @item -H -@itemx --si @opindex -H -@opindex --si -@cindex SI output -Append an SI-style abbreviation to each size, such as @samp{MB} for -megabytes. Powers of 1000 are used, not 1024; @samp{MB} stands for -1,000,000 bytes. Use the @option{-h} or @option{--human-readable} option if -you prefer powers of 1024. +Currently @option{-H} is the same as @option{--si}. +This option will be changed to be equivalent to +@option{--dereference-args} (@option{-D}). @item -k @opindex -k @@ -8451,6 +8447,14 @@ Output the zero byte (@kbd{NUL}) at the end of each line, rather than a newline. This option enables other programs to parse the output of @command{du} even when that output would contain file names with embedded newlines. +@itemx --si +@opindex --si +@cindex SI output +Append an SI-style abbreviation to each size, such as @samp{MB} for +megabytes. Powers of 1000 are used, not 1024; @samp{MB} stands for +1,000,000 bytes. Use the @option{-h} or @option{--human-readable} option if +you prefer powers of 1024. + @item -s @itemx --summarize @opindex -s |