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+Thu Oct 07 12:57:10 1993 Jim Meyering (meyering@comco.com)
+
+ * chgrp.c, chmod.c, chown.c, cp-aux.c, cp.c, dd.c, df.c, du.c,
+ install.c, ln.c, ls.c, mkdir.c, mkfifo.c, mknod.c, mv.c, mvdir.c,
+ rm.c, rmdir.c, touch.c (usage): Using --help gets long well-
+ formatted help. Now --help writes to stdout and exits successfully.
+ From Francois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>.
+
+ * lib/Makefile.in [libdir]: Make sure it's defined.
+
+ * posixtm.y [!__GNUC__ && !HAVE_ALLOCA_H]: Declare alloca as void*
+ rather than char*. The latter conflicts with a dcl from bison.simple.
+
Wed Oct 06 18:22:00 1993 Jim Meyering (meyering@comco.com)
* chmod.c (change_file_mode): Add an argument to control how symbolic
@@ -127,7 +140,7 @@ Mon Jul 19 17:39:01 1993 Jim Meyering (meyering@comco.com)
Fri Jul 16 22:00:16 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@goldman.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
* dd.c (print_stats): Change message from "truncated blocks"
- to "truncated records" for final POSIX.2 spec.
+ to "truncated records" for final POSIX.2 spec.
Fri Jun 25 17:18:15 1993 Jim Meyering (meyering@comco.com)
@@ -315,7 +328,7 @@ Sun Apr 18 02:35:36 1993 Jim Meyering (meyering@comco.com)
* src/Makefile.in (install): Rewrite the test for whether to install
mvdir so that it doesn't cause gratuitous failures with broken shells.
- Split long rule so the pieces fit in 80-column lines.
+ Split long rule so the pieces fit in 80-column lines.
Thu Apr 15 23:44:01 1993 Jim Meyering (meyering@comco.com)
@@ -766,7 +779,7 @@ Sat Mar 28 00:36:57 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
whether to do it once per buffer read, instead of once per character.
(copy): If conv=block and the input didn't end with a newline,
pad the final block with spaces.
-
+
Wed Mar 25 14:35:17 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
* system.h: Don't use BSIZE for calculating ST_BLKSIZE if it
@@ -953,7 +966,7 @@ Sun Aug 25 00:56:11 1991 David J. MacKenzie (djm at apple-gunkies)
* df.c, fsinfo.c, fsinfo.h: New program.
* configure: Check for various ways of getting info on mounted
- filesystems.
+ filesystems.
Thu Aug 22 10:53:23 1991 David J. MacKenzie (djm at apple-gunkies)
@@ -1112,7 +1125,7 @@ Sat Jul 6 02:19:09 1991 David J. MacKenzie (djm at geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
* configure: echo messages to stdout, not stderr.
Use test programs to see if alloca needs -lPW and if chars are
- unsigned.
+ unsigned.
Tue Jul 2 03:16:32 1991 David J. MacKenzie (djm at geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
@@ -1202,7 +1215,7 @@ Sat Jun 8 11:02:32 1991 David J. MacKenzie (djm at geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
* backupfile.c: Use POSIX instead of _POSIX_SOURCE to
determine whether to check whether readdir returned a valid
- entry.
+ entry.
Fri Jun 7 21:44:51 1991 David J. MacKenzie (djm at geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
@@ -1288,7 +1301,7 @@ Mon Feb 25 11:44:14 1991 David J. MacKenzie (djm at geech.ai.mit.edu)
* dd.c (copy): Only seek if not seeking to start of file, so
"dd >> foo" works with Minix shell that doesn't open foo in
- append mode.
+ append mode.
Thu Feb 21 11:59:39 1991 David J. MacKenzie (djm at geech.ai.mit.edu)
@@ -1319,7 +1332,7 @@ Thu Jan 10 02:16:55 1991 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
Fri Dec 28 18:40:34 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
* chmod.c, chown.c, chgrp.c, du.c: Rename -d option to -L for
- similarity to ls and cpio.
+ similarity to ls and cpio.
Thu Dec 27 00:06:45 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at egypt)
@@ -1411,7 +1424,7 @@ Sat Oct 27 23:38:55 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at apple-gunkies)
* rm.c (check_stack): If not interactive, don't prompt when
corruption is found, just quit.
(remove_file, remove_dir): Delete leading spaces in verbose
- output.
+ output.
* cp.c (copy), rm.c (remove_dir): If we think the dest. file
is unwritable, warn the user in the interactive prompt instead
@@ -1530,7 +1543,7 @@ Wed Aug 22 01:45:54 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at apple-gunkies)
* du.c: Rename -f option to -x, for POSIX. Rename
+kilobyte-file-size to +kilobytes. Add -b, +bytes option for
- POSIX.
+ POSIX.
* cp-aux.c (usage): Change -o to -x.
(stpcpy): Renamed from str_cpy. Change callers in cp.c.
@@ -1638,7 +1651,7 @@ Tue Jul 24 03:39:42 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
Mon Jul 23 16:57:44 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
- * cp.c (copy): Make +update operate silently, like +one-file-system.
+ * cp.c (copy): Make +update operate silently, like +one-file-system.
* ln.c: Add -F as synonym for -d, for SunOS compatibility.
@@ -1656,7 +1669,7 @@ Sun Jul 8 00:39:31 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at apple-gunkies)
* rm.c (main, usage): Add new option -d, +directory.
(rm): If -d given, use remove_file instead of remove_dir for
- directories.
+ directories.
(remove_file): If directory, print "remove directory `foo'?"
for interactive instead of "remove `foo'?".
@@ -1671,12 +1684,12 @@ Fri Jul 6 02:02:49 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at apple-gunkies)
default owner and group.
* mv.c (main): New option -u, +update.
- (do_move): Don't move nondirectories if -u and there is an existing
+ (do_move): Don't move nondirectories if -u and there is an existing
destination that has the same or newer mtime.
(usage): Document -u, +update.
* cp.c (main): New option -u, +update.
- (copy): Don't copy nondirectories if -u and there is an existing
+ (copy): Don't copy nondirectories if -u and there is an existing
destination that has the same or newer mtime.
* cp-aux.c (usage): Document -u ,+update.
@@ -1729,7 +1742,7 @@ Fri Jun 22 00:38:20 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
* rm.c, rmdir.c, mkdir.c, mkfifo.c: Move code to remove
slashes at the end of an arg from main to
- strip_trailing_slashes.
+ strip_trailing_slashes.
* install.c (strip): Print error message if the `strip'
program can't be run.
@@ -1741,7 +1754,7 @@ Fri Jun 22 00:38:20 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
Thu Jun 21 01:19:28 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
- * ls.c (print_long_format): Use mode_string instead of filemodestring.
+ * ls.c (print_long_format): Use mode_string instead of filemodestring.
* ls.c (print_long_format): Compare times as longs, not ints.
(longdiff): Macro to compare two longs efficiently if sizeof
@@ -1793,7 +1806,7 @@ Sun Jun 17 00:09:23 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
Sat Jun 16 01:45:42 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
* argmatch.c (invalid_arg): Change order in which the items
- are printed.
+ are printed.
* ls.c: Add +tabsize (-T) option.
@@ -1870,7 +1883,7 @@ Sat May 19 00:16:50 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
* mv.c (usage), ln.c (usage), cp-aux.c (usage): Revise messages.
* chmod.c (describe_change): Use mode_string instead of
- filemodestring.
+ filemodestring.
* cp.c (main): Recognize new options for making backups.
* cp.c (copy): Make backups if requested. Fix typo.
@@ -1909,7 +1922,7 @@ Mon May 14 14:34:10 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
* dd.c: Make translation tables unsigned.
(main): Give `input_file' and `output_file' nonzero values for
- stdin and stdout.
+ stdin and stdout.
(parse_conversion): Set new global vars 'space_character' and
'newline_character' to correct values when translating to EBCDIC
(either flavor).
@@ -1924,7 +1937,7 @@ Mon May 14 14:34:10 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
Sat May 12 01:16:42 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
* cp-hash (remember_created): Return error status instead of
- fatal error.
+ fatal error.
* cp.c (copy): Change caller.
(do_copy, copy_reg): Return error status instead of fatal error.
@@ -1942,7 +1955,7 @@ Sat May 12 01:16:42 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
Fri May 11 02:11:03 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
* ln.c, mv.c, rm.c, rmdir.c, create.c, chmod.c: Change some
- error messages.
+ error messages.
* du.c, cp-aux.c (error): Function removed.
Change callers to use error.c version.
@@ -1986,7 +1999,7 @@ Sat Apr 14 17:23:11 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
* ls.c (main): Don't remove leading path from program_name.
(basename): Function removed.
(length_of_file_name_and_frills): Don't add 1 for type indicator
- for block and character special files.
+ for block and character special files.
Thu Apr 12 19:50:15 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
@@ -2023,7 +2036,7 @@ Sun Apr 8 20:33:20 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
* rm.c (remove_file): Ditto.
(remove_dir): Use eaccess_stat to determine readability and
searchability. Move initial interactive query here from
- clear_directory.
+ clear_directory.
* Makefile: Link ln, mv, and rm with eaccess.o.
Sat Apr 7 11:47:52 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
@@ -2067,7 +2080,7 @@ Sun Apr 1 18:53:57 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at spike.ai.mit.edu)
Sat Mar 31 22:29:57 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
* mv.c [RENAME_MISSING] (rename): To rename directories, run
- setuid root mv_dir program.
+ setuid root mv_dir program.
Tue Mar 20 14:28:25 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at pogo.ai.mit.edu)
@@ -2100,17 +2113,17 @@ Sat Mar 17 21:45:35 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
* cp-aux.c, cp.h: Rename user_confirm_overwriting to yesno and
don't have it print a prompt, so it can be used in several
- places.
+ places.
* cp.c (do_copy): Change an error message to resemble mv's.
Remove all trailing slashes from all non-option args.
(main): Set new global var `stdin_not_tty'.
(copy): Use POSIX method of handling file overwriting and
- prompting.
+ prompting.
* dirlib.c (mkdir): Use chmod to set the directory mode after
successful creation, so set[ug]id and sticky bits are set
- correctly.
+ correctly.
Thu Mar 15 12:33:23 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
@@ -2124,7 +2137,7 @@ Thu Mar 15 12:33:23 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
Global: Call error instead of the above functions.
(change_dir_mode): Make the new size of the path twice the
size of the name that was too long, rather than twice its old
- size.
+ size.
* rm.c: Move interactive query about whether to remove a
directory from remove_dir to clear_directory; only query for
@@ -2183,7 +2196,7 @@ Tue Mar 13 00:50:14 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at rice-chex)
* Makefile (CC): Add comment noting that either fixincludes or
-traditional needs to be used for gcc to compile ioctl calls
- correctly.
+ correctly.
Mon Mar 12 16:25:23 1990 Jim Kingdon (kingdon at pogo.ai.mit.edu)
@@ -2236,7 +2249,7 @@ Mon Mar 5 00:34:36 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
(do_move): Simplify check for query. Rename `stb' to
`to_stats' and `stbf' to `from_stats'.
Return error condition if original file could not be renamed or
- unlinked.
+ unlinked.
* rm.c: Rename global `force_flag' to `ignore_errors' and change its
meaning so that it does not overlap with `override_mode'.
@@ -2249,7 +2262,7 @@ Sun Mar 4 23:39:03 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at albert.ai.mit.edu)
* ln.c (main): Reword an error message to be more like mv's.
- * rmdir.c: Move global `errors' into main instead of having
+ * rmdir.c: Move global `errors' into main instead of having
error set it.
* mkdir.c: Move global `errors' into main and have make_path
@@ -2399,7 +2412,7 @@ Mon Feb 12 11:30:45 1990 David J. MacKenzie (djm at rice-chex)
* du.c (main): Check error return from stat.
(str_copyc, str_concatc): Don't return a value, since it is
- ignored.
+ ignored.
* cp.c (copy): Check error return from unlink and chmod. Fix
typo in call to error.