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@@ -186,6 +186,28 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- The usual `--' operand is now supported by chroot, hostid, hostname, pwd, sync, and yes. + `od' now conforms to POSIX better, and is more compatible with BSD: + + The older syntax "od [-abcdfilosx]... [FILE] [[+]OFFSET[.][b]]" now works + even without --traditional. This is a change in behavior if there + are one or two operands and the last one begins with +, or if + there are two operands and the latter one begins with a digit. + For example, "od foo 10" and "od +10" now treat the last operand as + an offset, not as a file name. + + -h is no longer documented, and may be withdrawn in future versions. + Use -x or -t x2 instead. + + -i is now equivalent to -t dI (not -t d2), and + -l is now equivalent to -t dL (not -t d4). + + -s is now equivalent to -t d2. The old "-s[NUM]" or "-s NUM" + option has been renamed to "-S NUM". + + The default output format is now -t oS, not -t o2, i.e., short int + rather than two-byte int. This makes a difference only on hosts like + Cray systems where the C short int type requires more than two bytes. + The stat option --filesystem has been renamed to --file-system, for consistency with POSIX "file system" and with cp and du --one-file-system. |