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author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-07-29 05:31:44 +0000 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-07-29 05:31:44 +0000 |
commit | 9b14de28bea3559379fa5b013d99172405b62146 (patch) | |
tree | ac4d5db3969a17e6b10ae479b90b3daf8a0f980f /doc/textutils.texi | |
parent | 9133ae8f15547fcfd5be53e20c3758e77bc04075 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-9b14de28bea3559379fa5b013d99172405b62146.tar.xz |
sort's -T option can now appear multiple times.
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diff --git a/doc/textutils.texi b/doc/textutils.texi index 914161bc0..f1ddc70fc 100644 --- a/doc/textutils.texi +++ b/doc/textutils.texi @@ -2264,6 +2264,16 @@ into fields @w{@samp{ foo}} and @w{@samp{ bar}}. The field separator is not considered to be part of either the field preceding or the field following. +@item -T @var{tempdir} +@opindex -T +@cindex temporary directory +Use directory @var{tempdir} to store temporary files, overriding the +@env{TMPDIR} environment variable. If this option is given more than +once, temporary files are stored in all the directories given. If you +have a large sort or merge that is I/O-bound, you can often improve +performance by using this option to specify directories on different +disks and controllers. + @item -u @opindex -u @cindex uniquifying output |