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-rw-r--r--NEWS34
-rw-r--r--doc/coreutils.texi36
-rw-r--r--src/copy.c8
-rw-r--r--src/du.c8
-rw-r--r--src/install.c2
-rw-r--r--src/ls.c12
-rw-r--r--src/touch.c4
-rwxr-xr-xtests/du/bigtime.sh6
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/ls-time.sh2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/stat-nanoseconds.sh4
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/time-style.sh2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/touch/obsolescent.sh2
12 files changed, 60 insertions, 60 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9e0aaf437..1832d421a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
seq no longer accepts 0 value as increment, and now also rejects NaN
values for any argument.
- stat now outputs nanosecond information for time stamps even if
+ stat now outputs nanosecond information for timestamps even if
they are out of localtime range.
sort, tail, and uniq now support traditional usage like 'sort +2'
@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
** Bug fixes
cp -u no longer does unnecessary copying merely because the source
- has finer-grained time stamps than the destination.
+ has finer-grained timestamps than the destination.
od now prints floating-point numbers without losing information, and
it no longer omits spaces between floating-point columns in some cases.
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
stat's %X, %Y, and %Z directives once again print only the integer
part of seconds since the epoch. This reverts a change from
coreutils-8.6, that was deemed unnecessarily disruptive.
- To obtain a nanosecond-precision time stamp for %X use %.X;
+ To obtain a nanosecond-precision timestamp for %X use %.X;
if you want (say) just 3 fractional digits, use %.3X.
Likewise for %Y and %Z.
@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
** Bug fixes
- cp, mv now ignore failure to preserve a symlink time stamp, when it is
+ cp, mv now ignore failure to preserve a symlink timestamp, when it is
due to their running on a kernel older than what was implied by headers
and libraries tested at configure time.
[bug introduced in coreutils-7.5]
@@ -2112,7 +2112,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
using copy-on-write (COW). This is currently only supported within
a btrfs file system.
- cp now preserves time stamps on symbolic links, when possible
+ cp now preserves timestamps on symbolic links, when possible
sort accepts a new option, --human-numeric-sort (-h): sort numbers
while honoring human readable suffixes like KiB and MB etc.
@@ -3519,7 +3519,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
expr now detects integer overflow when converting strings to integers,
rather than silently wrapping around.
- ls now refuses to generate time stamps containing more than 1000 bytes, to
+ ls now refuses to generate timestamps containing more than 1000 bytes, to
foil potential denial-of-service attacks on hosts with very large stacks.
"mkdir -m =+x dir" no longer ignores the umask when evaluating "+x",
@@ -3774,7 +3774,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
done reading it. This problem cannot occur unless '-m' is used.
When outside the default POSIX locale, the 'who' and 'pinky'
- commands now output time stamps like "2004-06-21 13:09" instead of
+ commands now output timestamps like "2004-06-21 13:09" instead of
the traditional "Jun 21 13:09".
pwd now works even when run from a working directory whose name
@@ -3784,10 +3784,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
and -t is now a short name for their --target-directory option.
cp -pu and mv -u (when copying) now don't bother to update the
- destination if the resulting time stamp would be no newer than the
- preexisting time stamp. This saves work in the common case when
+ destination if the resulting timestamp would be no newer than the
+ preexisting timestamp. This saves work in the common case when
copying or moving multiple times to the same destination in a file
- system with a coarse time stamp resolution.
+ system with a coarse timestamp resolution.
cut accepts a new option, --complement, to complement the set of
selected bytes, characters, or fields.
@@ -3833,7 +3833,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
Dates like 'January 32' with out-of-range components are now rejected.
- Dates can have fractional time stamps like 2004-02-27 14:19:13.489392193.
+ Dates can have fractional timestamps like 2004-02-27 14:19:13.489392193.
Dates can be entered via integer counts of seconds since 1970 when
prefixed by '@'. For example, '@321' represents 1970-01-01 00:05:21 UTC.
@@ -3849,7 +3849,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
TZ="America/New_York" date --date='TZ="Europe/Paris" 2004-10-31 06:30'
'date' has a new option --iso-8601=ns that outputs
- nanosecond-resolution time stamps.
+ nanosecond-resolution timestamps.
echo -e '\xHH' now outputs a byte whose hexadecimal value is HH,
for compatibility with bash.
@@ -3956,7 +3956,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
'cp -d' now works as required even on systems like OSF V5.1 that
declare stat and lstat as 'static inline' functions.
- time stamps output by stat now include actual fractional seconds,
+ timestamps output by stat now include actual fractional seconds,
when available -- or .0000000 for files without that information.
seq no longer infloops when printing 2^31 or more numbers.
@@ -4514,14 +4514,14 @@ point at which the packages merged to form the coreutils:
* ls -n now implies -l, as per POSIX.
* ls can now display dates and times in one of four time styles:
- - The 'full-iso' time style gives full ISO-style time stamps like
+ - The 'full-iso' time style gives full ISO-style timestamps like
'2001-05-14 23:45:56.477817180 -0700'.
- - The 'iso' time style gives ISO-style time stamps like '2001-05-14 '
+ - The 'iso' time style gives ISO-style timestamps like '2001-05-14 '
and '05-14 23:45'.
- - The 'locale' time style gives locale-dependent time stamps like
+ - The 'locale' time style gives locale-dependent timestamps like
'touko 14 2001' and 'touko 14 23:45' (in a Finnish locale).
- The 'posix-iso' time style gives traditional POSIX-locale
- time stamps like 'May 14 2001' and 'May 14 23:45' unless the user
+ timestamps like 'May 14 2001' and 'May 14 23:45' unless the user
specifies a non-POSIX locale, in which case it uses ISO-style dates.
This is the default.
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index c6febd4b3..dbb0a523e 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -2474,7 +2474,7 @@ locale, the default is @samp{%b %e %H:%M %Y} (for example,
@samp{Dec@ @ 4 23:59 2001}.
@vindex TZ
-Time stamps are listed according to the time zone rules specified by
+Timestamps are listed according to the time zone rules specified by
the @env{TZ} environment variable, or by the system default rules if
@env{TZ} is not set. @xref{TZ Variable,, Specifying the Time Zone
with @env{TZ}, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}.
@@ -4671,7 +4671,7 @@ skipped.
@item
Sort a set of log files, primarily by IPv4 address and secondarily by
-time stamp. If two lines' primary and secondary keys are identical,
+timestamp. If two lines' primary and secondary keys are identical,
output the lines in the same order that they were input. The log
files contain lines that look like this:
@@ -4692,8 +4692,8 @@ sort -s -t '.' -k 1,1n -k 2,2n -k 3,3n -k 4,4n
This example cannot be done with a single @command{sort} invocation,
since IPv4 address components are separated by @samp{.} while dates
come just after a space. So it is broken down into two invocations of
-@command{sort}: the first sorts by time stamp and the second by IPv4
-address. The time stamp is sorted by year, then month, then day, and
+@command{sort}: the first sorts by timestamp and the second by IPv4
+address. The timestamp is sorted by year, then month, then day, and
finally by hour-minute-second field, using @option{-k} to isolate each
field. Except for hour-minute-second there's no need to specify the
end of each key field, since the @samp{n} and @samp{M} modifiers sort
@@ -7625,7 +7625,7 @@ which means you probably have clock skew problems which may break
programs like @command{make} that rely on file timestamps.
@vindex TZ
-Time stamps are listed according to the time zone rules specified by
+Timestamps are listed according to the time zone rules specified by
the @env{TZ} environment variable, or by the system default rules if
@env{TZ} is not set. @xref{TZ Variable,, Specifying the Time Zone
with @env{TZ}, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}.
@@ -8396,10 +8396,10 @@ results in an error message on systems that do not support symbolic links.
@opindex --update
@cindex newer files, copying only
Do not copy a non-directory that has an existing destination with the
-same or newer modification time. If time stamps are being preserved,
-the comparison is to the source time stamp truncated to the
+same or newer modification time. If timestamps are being preserved,
+the comparison is to the source timestamp truncated to the
resolutions of the destination file system and of the system calls
-used to update time stamps; this avoids duplicate work if several
+used to update timestamps; this avoids duplicate work if several
@samp{cp -pu} commands are executed with the same source and destination.
If @option{--preserve=links} is also specified (like with @samp{cp -au}
for example), that will take precedence. Consequently, depending on the
@@ -9258,8 +9258,8 @@ This option is mutually exclusive with @option{-b} or @option{--backup} option.
Do not move a non-directory that has an existing destination with the
same or newer modification time.
If the move is across file system boundaries, the comparison is to the
-source time stamp truncated to the resolutions of the destination file
-system and of the system calls used to update time stamps; this avoids
+source timestamp truncated to the resolutions of the destination file
+system and of the system calls used to update timestamps; this avoids
duplicate work if several @samp{mv -u} commands are executed with the
same source and destination.
@@ -10959,12 +10959,12 @@ birth time, when the file was first created; by definition, this
timestamp never changes.
@vindex TZ
-Time stamps assume the time zone rules specified by the @env{TZ}
+Timestamps assume the time zone rules specified by the @env{TZ}
environment variable, or by the system default rules if @env{TZ} is
not set. @xref{TZ Variable,, Specifying the Time Zone with @env{TZ},
libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}.
You can avoid ambiguities during
-daylight saving transitions by using UTC time stamps.
+daylight saving transitions by using UTC timestamps.
The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}.
@@ -10998,7 +10998,7 @@ example, @option{--date="2004-02-27 14:19:13.489392193 +0530"}
specifies the instant of time that is 489,392,193 nanoseconds after
February 27, 2004 at 2:19:13 PM in a time zone that is 5 hours and 30
minutes east of UTC@. @xref{Date input formats}.
-File systems that do not support high-resolution time stamps
+File systems that do not support high-resolution timestamps
silently ignore any excess precision here.
@item -f
@@ -11041,8 +11041,8 @@ Use the times of the reference @var{file} instead of the current time.
If this option is combined with the @option{--date=@var{time}}
(@option{-d @var{time}}) option, the reference @var{file}'s time is
the origin for any relative @var{time}s given, but is otherwise ignored.
-For example, @samp{-r foo -d '-5 seconds'} specifies a time stamp
-equal to five seconds before the corresponding time stamp for @file{foo}.
+For example, @samp{-r foo -d '-5 seconds'} specifies a timestamp
+equal to five seconds before the corresponding timestamp for @file{foo}.
If @var{file} is a symbolic link, the reference timestamp is taken
from the target of the symlink, unless @option{-h} was also in effect.
@@ -11880,7 +11880,7 @@ precision preceded by a period to specify the number of digits to
print after the decimal point. For example, @samp{%.3X} outputs the
last access time to millisecond precision. If a period is given but no
precision, @command{stat} uses 9 digits, so @samp{%.X} is equivalent to
-@samp{%.9X}@. When discarding excess precision, time stamps are truncated
+@samp{%.9X}@. When discarding excess precision, timestamps are truncated
toward minus infinity.
@example
@@ -11935,7 +11935,7 @@ you must use a different set of @var{format} directives:
@end itemize
@vindex TZ
-Time stamps are listed according to the time zone rules specified by
+Timestamps are listed according to the time zone rules specified by
the @env{TZ} environment variable, or by the system default rules if
@env{TZ} is not set. @xref{TZ Variable,, Specifying the Time Zone
with @env{TZ}, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}.
@@ -14944,7 +14944,7 @@ by the hostname. Traditionally, the two arguments given are @samp{am
i}, as in @samp{who am i}.
@vindex TZ
-Time stamps are listed according to the time zone rules specified by
+Timestamps are listed according to the time zone rules specified by
the @env{TZ} environment variable, or by the system default rules if
@env{TZ} is not set. @xref{TZ Variable,, Specifying the Time Zone
with @env{TZ}, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}.
diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c
index 38d7c5da8..c3d71cbc8 100644
--- a/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/copy.c
@@ -1946,9 +1946,9 @@ copy_internal (char const *src_name, char const *dst_name,
if (!S_ISDIR (src_mode) && x->update)
{
- /* When preserving time stamps (but not moving within a file
- system), don't worry if the destination time stamp is
- less than the source merely because of time stamp
+ /* When preserving timestamps (but not moving within a file
+ system), don't worry if the destination timestamp is
+ less than the source merely because of timestamp
truncation. */
int options = ((x->preserve_timestamps
&& ! (x->move_mode
@@ -2681,7 +2681,7 @@ copy_internal (char const *src_name, char const *dst_name,
/* See if the destination is already the desired symlink.
FIXME: This behavior isn't documented, and seems wrong
in some cases, e.g., if the destination symlink has the
- wrong ownership, permissions, or time stamps. */
+ wrong ownership, permissions, or timestamps. */
char *dest_link_val =
areadlink_with_size (dst_name, dst_sb.st_size);
if (dest_link_val && STREQ (dest_link_val, src_link_val))
diff --git a/src/du.c b/src/du.c
index fa35569c2..8e88b5621 100644
--- a/src/du.c
+++ b/src/du.c
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ struct duinfo
/* Number of inodes in directory. */
uintmax_t inodes;
- /* Latest time stamp found. If tmax.tv_sec == TYPE_MINIMUM (time_t)
- && tmax.tv_nsec < 0, no time stamp has been found. */
+ /* Latest timestamp found. If tmax.tv_sec == TYPE_MINIMUM (time_t)
+ && tmax.tv_nsec < 0, no timestamp has been found. */
struct timespec tmax;
};
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ static enum time_type const time_types[] =
ARGMATCH_VERIFY (time_args, time_types);
/* 'full-iso' uses full ISO-style dates and times. 'long-iso' uses longer
- ISO-style time stamps, though shorter than 'full-iso'. 'iso' uses shorter
- ISO-style time stamps. */
+ ISO-style timestamps, though shorter than 'full-iso'. 'iso' uses shorter
+ ISO-style timestamps. */
enum time_style
{
full_iso_time_style, /* --time-style=full-iso */
diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c
index 33496bdfa..592c3452a 100644
--- a/src/install.c
+++ b/src/install.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ change_timestamps (struct stat const *src_sb, char const *dest)
if (utimens (dest, timespec))
{
- error (0, errno, _("cannot set time stamps for %s"), quoteaf (dest));
+ error (0, errno, _("cannot set timestamps for %s"), quoteaf (dest));
return false;
}
return true;
diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index 53c074fd3..556313c71 100644
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -418,8 +418,8 @@ enum format
static enum format format;
/* 'full-iso' uses full ISO-style dates and times. 'long-iso' uses longer
- ISO-style time stamps, though shorter than 'full-iso'. 'iso' uses shorter
- ISO-style time stamps. 'locale' uses locale-dependent time stamps. */
+ ISO-style timestamps, though shorter than 'full-iso'. 'iso' uses shorter
+ ISO-style timestamps. 'locale' uses locale-dependent timestamps. */
enum time_style
{
full_iso_time_style, /* --time-style=full-iso */
@@ -730,11 +730,11 @@ static bool format_needs_stat;
static bool format_needs_type;
-/* An arbitrary limit on the number of bytes in a printed time stamp.
+/* An arbitrary limit on the number of bytes in a printed timestamp.
This is set to a relatively small value to avoid the need to worry
about denial-of-service attacks on servers that run "ls" on behalf
of remote clients. 1000 bytes should be enough for any practical
- time stamp format. */
+ timestamp format. */
enum { TIME_STAMP_LEN_MAXIMUM = MAX (1000, INT_STRLEN_BOUND (time_t)) };
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ first_percent_b (char const *fmt)
/* max number of display cells to use */
enum { MAX_MON_WIDTH = 5 };
-/* abformat[RECENT][MON] is the format to use for time stamps with
+/* abformat[RECENT][MON] is the format to use for timestamps with
recentness RECENT and month MON. */
enum { ABFORMAT_SIZE = 128 };
static char abformat[2][12][ABFORMAT_SIZE];
@@ -3813,7 +3813,7 @@ align_nstrftime (char *buf, size_t size, bool recent, struct tm const *tm,
return nstrftime (buf, size, nfmt, tm, tz, ns);
}
-/* Return the expected number of columns in a long-format time stamp,
+/* Return the expected number of columns in a long-format timestamp,
or zero if it cannot be calculated. */
static int
diff --git a/src/touch.c b/src/touch.c
index ff0ba92a9..cd4a9d3ab 100644
--- a/src/touch.c
+++ b/src/touch.c
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
&& newtime[0].tv_sec == now.tv_sec
&& newtime[0].tv_nsec == now.tv_nsec)
{
- /* Check that it really was "-d now", and not a time
- stamp that just happens to be the current time. */
+ /* Check that it really was "-d now", and not a timestamp
+ that just happens to be the current time. */
struct timespec notnow, notnow1;
notnow.tv_sec = now.tv_sec ^ 1;
notnow.tv_nsec = now.tv_nsec;
diff --git a/tests/du/bigtime.sh b/tests/du/bigtime.sh
index 15f8cbdc3..14bd03664 100755
--- a/tests/du/bigtime.sh
+++ b/tests/du/bigtime.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#!/bin/sh
-# Exercise du on a file with a big time stamp.
+# Exercise du on a file with a big timestamp.
# Copyright (C) 2010-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ case "$future_time" in
*' Dec 4 300627798676 '*)
skip_ "file system and localtime both handle big timestamps" ;;
*)
- skip_ "file system or localtime mishandles big time stamps:" \
+ skip_ "file system or localtime mishandles big timestamps:" \
"$future_time" ;;
-esac || skip_ "file system cannot represent big time stamps"
+esac || skip_ "file system cannot represent big timestamps"
printf "0\t$bignum\tfuture\n" > exp || framework_failure_
printf "du: time '$bignum' is out of range\n" > err_ok || framework_failure_
diff --git a/tests/misc/ls-time.sh b/tests/misc/ls-time.sh
index 8b56dd50f..d42eb24a2 100755
--- a/tests/misc/ls-time.sh
+++ b/tests/misc/ls-time.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
print_ver_ ls
# Avoid any possible glitches due to daylight-saving changes near the
-# time stamps used during the test.
+# timestamps used during the test.
TZ=UTC0
export TZ
diff --git a/tests/misc/stat-nanoseconds.sh b/tests/misc/stat-nanoseconds.sh
index 8af215c64..d2b07c795 100755
--- a/tests/misc/stat-nanoseconds.sh
+++ b/tests/misc/stat-nanoseconds.sh
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ print_ver_ stat
TZ=UTC0
export TZ
-# Use a time stamp near the Epoch to avoid trouble with leap seconds.
+# Use a timestamp near the Epoch to avoid trouble with leap seconds.
touch -d '1970-01-01 18:43:33.023456789' k || framework_failure_
ls --full-time | grep 18:43:33.023456789 \
- || skip_ this file system does not support sub-second time stamps
+ || skip_ this file system does not support sub-second timestamps
test "$(stat -c %X k)" = 67413 || fail=1
test "$(stat -c %.X k)" = 67413.023456789 || fail=1
diff --git a/tests/misc/time-style.sh b/tests/misc/time-style.sh
index 2383be3a8..ec1d4ab67 100755
--- a/tests/misc/time-style.sh
+++ b/tests/misc/time-style.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ print_ver_ pr
echo hello >a || framework_failure_
-# The tests assume this is an old time stamp in northern hemisphere summer.
+# The tests assume this is an old timestamp in northern hemisphere summer.
TZ=UTC0 touch -d '1970-07-08 09:10:11' a || framework_failure_
for tz in UTC0 PST8 PST8PDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0 XXXYYY-12:30; do
diff --git a/tests/touch/obsolescent.sh b/tests/touch/obsolescent.sh
index f52e83981..96d730fb0 100755
--- a/tests/touch/obsolescent.sh
+++ b/tests/touch/obsolescent.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#!/bin/sh
-# Test touch with obsolescent 8- or 10-digit time stamps.
+# Test touch with obsolescent 8- or 10-digit timestamps.
# Copyright (C) 2000-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.