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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 6 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@ -2005-05-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> +2005-05-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> * Version 5.3.1. + * NEWS: cp, ln, mv, rm no longer discard white space when intepreting + responses. + +2005-05-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + * NEWS: dd has new iflag= and oflag= flags "binary" and "text". * src/dd.c (flags, usage): Add support for "binary" and "text". @@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ** Changes for better conformance to POSIX + cp, ln, mv, rm changes: + + Leading white space is now significant in responses to yes-or-no questions. + For example, if "rm" asks "remove regular file `foo'?" and you respond + with " y" (i.e., space before "y"), it counts as "no". + dd changes: On a QUIT or PIPE signal, dd now exits without printing statistics. |