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| author | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2013-03-12 13:43:08 +0000 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2013-03-22 08:58:30 +0000 |
| commit | 33242826650b8ed4ea5cfca646cb63bd0ff96d3e (patch) | |
| tree | d2c409648a4c87933b7687adbaa6ca3cff260f38 /doc | |
| parent | 2c2d0b3644c2ce2fb723b7f888e3da3a1e4e3bca (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-33242826650b8ed4ea5cfca646cb63bd0ff96d3e.tar.xz | |
doc: clarify stat the meaning of --format="%t %T"
* src/stat.c (usage): Mention that the values are only
defined for character and block special files.
* doc/coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Likewise.
Also mention st_rdev.
Reported in http://bugs.gnu.org/13927
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index c6b3b3226..8f1df4525 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -11631,8 +11631,8 @@ The valid @var{format} directives for files with @option{--format} and @item %N - Quoted file name with dereference if symbolic link @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 +@item %t - Major device type in hex (see below) +@item %T - Minor device type in hex (see below) @item %u - User ID of owner @item %U - User name of owner @item %w - Time of file birth, or @samp{-} if unknown @@ -11645,6 +11645,11 @@ The valid @var{format} directives for files with @option{--format} and @item %Z - Time of last change as seconds since Epoch @end itemize +The @samp{%t} and @samp{%T} formats operate on the st_rdev member of +the stat(2) structure, and are only defined for character and block +special files. On some systems or file types, st_rdev may be used to +represent other quantities. + The @samp{%W}, @samp{%X}, @samp{%Y}, and @samp{%Z} formats accept a precision preceded by a period to specify the number of digits to print after the decimal point. For example, @samp{%.3X} outputs the |