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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1994-12-04 20:50:57 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1994-12-04 20:50:57 +0000
commit5150ebf157bc267935b5085cc4ae3b591c14a582 (patch)
tree50201e4b83f0a2ac4796ac3464901243de2f391a /doc/sh-utils.texi
parent9a102f76c84a78e004e3e11c951c2b37a019a195 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-5150ebf157bc267935b5085cc4ae3b591c14a582.tar.xz
Mods from Karl to include getdate.texi.
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diff --git a/doc/sh-utils.texi b/doc/sh-utils.texi
index e6d01a452..3706e91c0 100644
--- a/doc/sh-utils.texi
+++ b/doc/sh-utils.texi
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
* id: (sh-utils)id invocation. Print real/effective uid/gid.
* logname: (sh-utils)logname invocation. Print current login name.
* nice: (sh-utils)nice invocation. Modify scheduling priority.
+* nohup: (sh-utils)nohup invocation. Immunize to hangups.
* pathchk: (sh-utils)pathchk invocation. Check file name portability.
* printenv: (sh-utils)printenv invocation. Print environment variables.
* printf: (sh-utils)printf invocation. Format and print data.
@@ -127,11 +128,12 @@ utilities.
@menu
* Introduction:: Caveats, overview, and authors.
* Common options:: Common options.
+* Date input formats:: Specifying date strings.
* Printing text:: echo printf yes
* Conditions:: false true test expr
* Redirection:: tee
* File name manipulation:: dirname basename pathchk
-* Working context information:: pwd stty printenv tty
+* Working context:: pwd stty printenv tty
* User information:: id logname whoami groups users who
* System context:: date uname hostname
* Modified command invocation:: env nice nohup su
@@ -209,6 +211,9 @@ Print the version number, then exit successfully.
@end table
+@include getdate.texi
+
+
@node Printing text
@chapter Printing text
@@ -1047,8 +1052,8 @@ Exit status:
@end display
-@node Working context information
-@chapter Working context information
+@node Working context
+@chapter Working context
@cindex working context
@cindex commands for printing the working context
@@ -2153,7 +2158,7 @@ time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss)
@item %X
locale's time representation (%H:%M:%S)
@item %Z
-time zone (e.g., EDT), or nothing if no time zone is
+timezone (e.g., EDT), or nothing if no timezone is
determinable
@end table
@@ -2280,13 +2285,10 @@ The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}.
@opindex tomorrow
@opindex next @var{day}
@opindex last @var{day}
-@flindex getdate.y
Display the time and date specified in @var{datestr} instead of the
current time and date. @var{datestr} can be in almost any common
format. It can contain month names, timezones, @samp{am} and @samp{pm},
-@samp{yesterday}, @samp{ago}, @samp{next}, etc. The source file
-@file{getdate.y} implements this parsing for all GNU routines; we need
-precise documentation!
+@samp{yesterday}, @samp{ago}, @samp{next}, etc. @xref{Date input formats}.
@item -f @var{datefile}
@itemx --file=@var{datefile}