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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2012-01-20 14:22:56 +0000
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2012-01-20 14:22:56 +0000
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parentfd0b040fa50f44bf4a2f4e06a8a5affeaff3618a (diff)
downloadcoreutils-132d0055158a8c1973897ef99c2c6459fc8e1e4f.tar.xz
stat: clarify the description of the %o stat format
* src/stat.c (usage): Indicate this is a transfer size suggestion, rather than some persistent block size. * doc/coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Likewise.
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
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@@ -11031,7 +11031,7 @@ The valid @var{format} directives for files with @option{--format} and
@item %m - Mount point (See note below)
@item %n - File name
@item %N - Quoted file name with dereference if symbolic link
-@item %o - I/O block size
+@item %o - Optimal I/O transfer size hint
@item %s - Total size, in bytes
@item %t - Major device type in hex
@item %T - Minor device type in hex