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diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index b1d317131..65e008f1d 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): ln -v now outputs lines only for successful links. + (tail invocation): Say that the obsolete form uses exactly one + option and at most one file. 2005-11-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index cd1a0d25e..c35ae9140 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -2552,7 +2552,8 @@ Always print file name headers. For compatibility @command{tail} also supports an obsolete usage @samp{tail -@var{count}[bcl][f] [@var{file}]}, which is recognized only if it does not conflict with the usage described -above. @var{count} is an optional decimal number optionally +above. This obsolete form uses exactly one option and at most one +file. In the option, @var{count} is an optional decimal number optionally followed by a size letter (@samp{b}, @samp{c}, @samp{l}) to mean count by 512-byte blocks, bytes, or lines, optionally followed by @samp{f} which has the same meaning as @option{-f}. |