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diff --git a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog index 86a24b970..a65f9ed95 100644 --- a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog +++ b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,14 @@ +Thu Oct 27 00:02:45 1994 Jim Meyering (meyering@comco.com) + + * cp.c (make_path): Don't change protections on existing directory. + Reported by Andreas Schwab. + + * df.c: New option: --sync (-s). No longer perform sync by default. + Do it only when this option is used. Invoking sync can be very + expensive, and it's not that clear doing so yields more up to date + results. With encouragement/prodding from Paolo Zeppegno + (paolo@to.sem.it), Nick Holloway, and Kaveh Ghazi. + Thu Oct 20 00:52:59 1994 Jim Meyering (meyering@comco.com) * system.h [!S_IEXEC]: Define as S_IXUSR. @@ -6,6 +17,7 @@ Thu Oct 20 00:52:59 1994 Jim Meyering (meyering@comco.com) * ls.c [!INT_MAX]: Define to 2^31 - 1 so subsequent #if test works. [S_IEXEC]: Remove definition. It's in system.h now. + (usage): Sort options, but without segregating upper and lower case. * ls.c: Support for new option: --dired (-D). (dired, dired_pos, dired_obstack, subdired_obstack): Global variables. diff --git a/old/fileutils/NEWS b/old/fileutils/NEWS index 9fb2ce335..94fe8fb5e 100644 --- a/old/fileutils/NEWS +++ b/old/fileutils/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,10 @@ User-visible changes in release 3.10: +* Fix bug in cp that made the commands `mkdir dir; touch foo; cp -P foo dir' + incorrectly change the permissions on directory, dir. +* df accepts a new option, --sync, that may ensure it reports more up to + date usage information. df used to always call sync, but the value of so + doing is not apparent, and the drawback (it makes df very slow sometimes) + is glaring. * ls accepts a new option, --dired, that makes emacs' dired mode more efficient * skeletal texinfo documentation (mainly just the `invoking' nodes) * ln accepts a new option: --no-dereference (-n). With this option, |