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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2001-03-18 07:53:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2001-03-18 07:53:14 +0000 |
| commit | 426d1b07d1c87cd302845a5de743501b31fe7931 (patch) | |
| tree | 4f0282d71bd78419cbdb7df7187dee4fa177e6be /src/tail.c | |
| parent | 6b8cfeea5b523ed73a5577840e6f37fcd7b4458b (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-426d1b07d1c87cd302845a5de743501b31fe7931.tar.xz | |
(usage): Warn that the +N form will be withdrawn.
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| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 0c547507d..1db47a142 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ print the last N items in the file. N may have a multiplier suffix:\n\ b for 512, k for 1024, m for 1048576 (1 Meg). A first OPTION of -VALUE\n\ or +VALUE is treated like -n VALUE or -n +VALUE unless VALUE has one of\n\ the [bkm] suffix multipliers, in which case it is treated like -c VALUE\n\ -or -c +VALUE.\n\ +or -c +VALUE. Warning: a first option of +VALUE is obsolescent, and support\n\ +for it will be withdrawn.\n\ \n\ With --follow (-f), tail defaults to following the file descriptor, which\n\ means that even if a tail'ed file is renamed, tail will continue to track\n\ |