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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
commit132d0055158a8c1973897ef99c2c6459fc8e1e4f (patch)
tree012b1b214b4da1fa3db4fae770ce0e13a5e585b7 /src
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/src/stat.c b/src/stat.c
index 9ae2d5a9b..b2e103084 100644
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+++ b/src/stat.c
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ The valid format sequences for files (without --file-system):\n\
%m mount point\n\
%n file name\n\
%N quoted file name with dereference if symbolic link\n\
- %o I/O block size\n\
+ %o optimal I/O transfer size hint\n\
%s total size, in bytes\n\
%t major device type in hex\n\
%T minor device type in hex\n\