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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 982ad3c74..dbc8a8b0c 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ @c * [: (coreutils)[ invocation. File/string tests. @c * pinky: (coreutils)pinky invocation. FIXME. @c * uptime: (coreutils)uptime invocation. FIXME. +@c * mktemp: (coreutils)mktemp invocation. FIXME. +@c * chcon: (coreutils)chcon invocation. FIXME. @dircategory Individual utilities @direntry @@ -9838,8 +9840,12 @@ Display only a total for each argument. @itemx --separate-dirs @opindex -S @opindex --separate-dirs -Report the size of each directory separately, not including the sizes -of subdirectories. +Normally, in the output of @command{du} (when not using @option{--summarize}), +the size listed next to a directory name, @var{d}, represents the sum +of sizes of all entries beneath @var{d} as well as the size of @var{d} itself. +With @option{--separate-dirs}, the size reported for a directory name, +@var{d}, is merely the @code{stat.st_size}-derived size of the directory +entry, @var{d}. @itemx --time @opindex --time |