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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-04-01 11:58:17 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-04-01 12:06:10 +0200
commit157ff3506e35a95fedcc18bd4fd6b58df0d3f544 (patch)
treef66529b9ce905aac2f3e8a358390c279dcc1762f /doc
parent5916dec460f2e0eec1d792d502a79f11628862c9 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-157ff3506e35a95fedcc18bd4fd6b58df0d3f544.tar.xz
texinfo formatting tweaks
* coreutils.texi: Avoid some overfull hbox warnings. (Treating / specially): Use @file{/} rather than a bare /.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/coreutils.texi13
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 2745edf8f..ee7dbb290 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ or @option{-P} is specified.
@node Treating / specially
-@section Treating / specially
+@section Treating @file{/} specially
Certain commands can operate destructively on entire hierarchies.
For example, if a user with appropriate privileges mistakenly runs
@@ -2170,9 +2170,9 @@ e.g., @option{--date-format="Monday morning"}.
@vindex POSIXLY_CORRECT
@vindex LC_TIME
-Normally the date
-format defaults to @samp{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M} (for example, @samp{2001-12-04
-23:59}); but if the @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT} environment variable is set
+The default date format is @samp{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M} (for example,
+@samp{2001-12-04 23:59});
+but if the @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT} environment variable is set
and the @env{LC_TIME} locale category specifies the @acronym{POSIX}
locale, the default is @samp{%b %e %H:%M %Y} (for example,
@samp{Dec@ @ 4 23:59 2001}.
@@ -3091,7 +3091,8 @@ the length of the longest line in any @file{.c} or @file{.h} file in the
current hierarchy, do this:
@example
-find . -name '*.[ch]' -print0 | wc -L --files0-from=- | tail -n1
+find . -name '*.[ch]' -print0 |
+ wc -L --files0-from=- | tail -n1
@end example
Do not specify any @var{FILE} on the command line when using this option.
@@ -7955,7 +7956,7 @@ removal is requested. Equivalent to @option{-I}.
@vindex always @r{interactive option}
- Prompt for every file being removed. Equivalent to @option{-i}.
@end itemize
-Specifying @option{--interactive} and no @var{when} is equivalent to
+@option{--interactive} with no @var{when} is equivalent to
@option{--interactive=always}.
@itemx --one-file-system