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2009-03-11cat: Fix immediate output of processed dataPádraig Brady
Introduced by commit 790892db, 2006-06-08 "Ensure that cat works ...". * NEWS: Mention the bugfix. * src/cat.c (cat): Fix the typo which stopped the writing of processed data before a blocking read() is done. * tests/misc/cat-buf: Add to ensure processed data is not buffered. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test.
2009-03-11cat,cp,mv,install,split: Set the minimum IO block size used to 32KiBPádraig Brady
This is following on from this change: [02c3dc9d 2008-03-06 cat: use larger buffer sizes ...] which increased the IO block size used by cat by 8 times, but also capped it at 32KiB. * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior. * src/system.h: Add a new io_blksize() function that returns the max of ST_BLKSIZE or 32KiB, as this was seen as a good value for a minimum block size to use to get good performance while minimizing system call overhead. * src/cat.c: Use it. * src/copy.c: ditto * src/split.c: ditto
2009-03-08tests: add a test for newly-fixed bug in comm --check-orderJim Meyering
* tests/misc/comm (ooo-prefix): Add a test for today's fix. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
2009-03-08tests: ls -v: exercise the bug fixed by gnulib's new filevercmpJim Meyering
* tests/misc/ls-misc (version-sort): New test. (mk_file): New function. Reported by Josh Triplett in <http://bugs.debian.org/517558>. Details in http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/16902 * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
2009-03-07pr: fix a bug whereby --indent=N (-o) did not indent header linesJim Meyering
* src/pr.c (print_header): Honor chars_per_margin also for the header. Inspired by a patch from C de-Avillez. This change also adjusts two other %*s directives to be %*.*s instead, (for the padding on either side of "file_text") to correct a bug that could make pr print one space of padding instead of none. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. * tests/pr/o3Jml24f-lm-lo: Adjust for new expected output. * tests/pr/o3a3Sl24f-tn: Likewise. * tests/pr/o3a3Snl24f-tn: Likewise. * tests/pr/o3a3l24f-tn: Likewise. * tests/pr/o3b3Sl24f-tn: Likewise. * tests/pr/o3b3Snl24f-tn: Likewise. * tests/pr/o3b3l24f-tn: Likewise. * tests/pr/o3mSl24f-bl-tn: Likewise. * tests/pr/o3mSnl24fbltn: Likewise. * tests/pr/o3ml24f-bl-tn: Likewise.
2009-02-27cp: diagnose invalid "cp -rl dir dir" right away, once againJim Meyering
Running "mkdir dir; cp -rl dir dir" would create dir/dir/dir/... rather than diagnosing the "copy-into-self" failure. The easy fix would have been to revert this part of the change [3ece0355 2008-11-09 cp: use far less memory in some cases] that introduced the bug: - remember_copied (dst_name, dst_sb.st_ino, dst_sb.st_dev); + if (!x->hard_link) + remember_copied (dst_name, dst_sb.st_ino, dst_sb.st_dev); However, that would have induced the failure of the new cp/link-heap test, due to the added memory pressure of recording 10k dev/ino pairs. And besides, I liked that improvement and wanted to keep it. Now that it's obvious recording the just-created-directory dev/ino needn't depend on the setting of hard_link, I realized it is necessary to record the pair only for the first directory created for each source command-line argument. I made that change, then noticed the new test, cp -rl a d d, would pass when run once, yet output the into-self diagnostic twice. Also note the side effect: it creates d/a and d/d. However, running that same command a second time, now with the modified directory, would fail. That turned out to be due to the fact that although the first into-self failure was detected in copy_dir, that function would continue copying other entries regardless -- and that would make it fail (eventually) with the unwanted recursion. * src/copy.c (copy_internal): This function needed an indicator of whether, for a give command line argument, it had already created its first directory. If so, no more need to record dev/ino pairs. If this is the first, then do record its pair. Hence, the new parameter. (copy_dir, copy): Update callers. (copy_dir): Upon any into-self failure, break out of the loop. * tests/cp/into-self: Test for the above. Reported by Mikael Magnusson.
2009-02-26sort: Fix two bugs with determining the end of fieldPádraig Brady
* src/sort.c: When no specific number of chars to skip is specified for the end field, always skip the whole field. Also never include leading spaces from next field. * tests/misc/sort: Add 2 new tests for these cases. * NEWS: Mention this bug fix. * THANKS: Add bug reporter. Reported by Davide Canova.
2009-02-21post-release administriviaJim Meyering
* NEWS: Add header line for next release. * .prev-version: Record previous version. * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.
2009-02-21version 7.1Jim Meyering
* NEWS: Record release date.
2009-02-18cp: -a now preserves SELinux context, with reduced diagnosticsOndřej Vašík
* copy.c (copy_reg): Reduce SELinux context diagnostics for 'cp -a'. (copy_internal): Likewise * copy.h (cp_options): Add boolean reduce_diagnostics. * cp.c (usage): Say that --archive (-a) behaves like -dR --preserve=all. (cp_option_init): Initialize added reduce_diagnostics. (main): Add reduce_diagnostics for the -a option, and preserve SELinux context, if possible. * mv.c (cp_options_init): Initialize new cp_options booleans. * install.c (cp_option_init): Likewise. * NEWS: Mention those behaviour changes. * doc/coreutils.texi: Document --preserve=context, document that diagnostics are not shown for failures of non-mandatory attributes (just SELinux at the moment). * tests/cp/cp-a-selinux: Check not only failures, but succesful use of preserving SELinux context in cp.
2009-02-18add missing copyright datesEric Blake
* NEWS: Add 2009 to copyright. * README: Likewise. * README-hacking: Likewise. * TODO: Likewise. * doc/Makefile.am: Likewise. * m4/prereq.m4: Likewise. * src/nl.c: Likewise. * src/seq.c: Likewise. * tests/cp/cp-i: Likewise. * tests/install/install-C: Likewise. * tests/install/install-C-root: Likewise. * tests/install/install-C-selinux: Likewise. * tests/misc/seq: Likewise. * tests/mv/mv-n: Likewise.
2009-02-17install: add --compare (-C) option to install file only when necessaryKamil Dudka
* src/install.c (have_same_content): New function to compare files content. (extra_mode): New function checking for non-permission bits in mode. (need_copy): New function to check if copy is necessary. (main): Handle new option --compare (-C). (copy_file): Skip file copying if not necessary. (usage): Show new option --compare (-C) in --help. * tests/install/install-C: Basic tests for install --compare (-C). * tests/install/install-C-root: Tests requiring root privileges. * tests/install/install-C-selinux: Tests requiring SELinux. * tests/Makefile.am: Add new tests for install --compare (-C). * doc/coreutils.texi: Document new install option --compare (-C). * NEWS: Mention the change.
2009-02-14seq: Fix equal width calculation when '.' added to last numberPádraig Brady
Issue reported by Samuel Hapák. <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-02/msg00139.html> * src/seq.c: Account for '.' added to "last" number. * tests/misc/seq: Add corresponding test. * NEWS: Mention the fix.
2009-01-29cp/mv: add xattr supportKamil Dudka
This patch was originally written by Andreas Grünbacher, nowadays available at http://www.suse.de/~agruen/coreutils/5.91/coreutils-xattr.diff * bootstrap.conf: Add gnulib module verror. * po/POTFILES.in: Add lib/verror.c. * m4/xattr.m4: Check for libattr availability, new configure option --disable-xattr. * m4/prereq.m4: Require gl_FUNC_XATTR. * src/Makefile.am: Link cp, mv and ginstall with libattr. * src/copy.h: Add preserve_xattr and require_preserve_xattr to cp_options. * src/copy.c (copy_attr_error): New function to handle errors during xattr copying. (copy_attr_quote): New function to quote file name in error messages printed by libattr. (copy_attr_free): Empty function requested by libattr to free quoted string. (copy_attr_by_fd): New fd-oriented function to copy xattr. (copy_attr_by_name): New name-oriented function to copy xattr. (copy_reg, copy_internal): Call copy_extended_attributes function. * src/cp.c (usage): Mention new --preserve=xattr option. (decode_preserve_arg): Handle new --preserve=xattr option. * src/mv.c: Always attempt to preserve xattr. * src/install.c: Never attempt to preserve xattr. * tests/misc/xattr: New test for xattr support in cp, mv and install. * tests/Makefile.am: Add the new test to list. * doc/coreutils.texi: Mention xattr support, new --preserve=xattr option. * NEWS: Mention the change.
2009-01-28dd: Better handle user specified offsets that are too bigPádraig Brady
Following are the before and after operations for seekable files, for the various erroneous offsets handled by this patch: skip beyond end of file before: immediately exit(0); after : immediately printf("cannot skip to specified offset"); exit(0); skip > max file size before: read whole file and exit(0); after : immediately printf("cannot skip: Invalid argument"); exit(1); seek > max file size before: immediately printf("truncate error: EFBIG"); exit(1); after : immediately printf("truncate error: EFBIG"); exit(1); skip > OFF_T_MAX before: read whole device/file and exit(0); after : immediately printf("cannot skip:"); exit(1); seek > OFF_T_MAX before: immediately printf("truncate error: offset too large"); exit(1); after : immediately printf("truncate error: offset too large"); exit(1); skip > device size before: read whole device and exit(0); after : immediately printf("cannot skip: Invalid argument"); exit(1); seek > device size before: read whole device and printf("write error: ENOSPC"); exit(1); after : immediately printf("cannot seek: Invalid argument"); exit(1); * NEWS: Summarize this change in behavior. * src/dd.c (skip): Add error checking for large seek/skip offsets on seekable files, rather than deferring to using read() to advance offset. (dd_copy): Print a warning if skip past EOF, as per FIXME comment. * test/Makefile.am: Add 2 new tests. * tests/dd/seek-skip-past-file: Add tests for first 3 cases above. * tests/dd/seek-skip-past-dev: Add root only test for last case above.
2009-01-22doc: shred: Correct docs on default number of overwrites.Pádraig Brady
* NEWS: Mention the change to the default number of passes. * doc/Makefile.am: Update constants.texi with the default number of passes shred uses, so that the documentation will automatically reflect any future changes. * doc/coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Update the description of the --iterations option to have the correct default number, while still conveying that there are 25 internal patterns that may be useful.
2009-01-14cp/mv: add --no-clobber (-n) option to not overwrite targetKamil Dudka
* src/cp.c (usage): Show new option -n in --help. (main): Handle new option -n. * src/mv.c (usage): Show new option -n in --help. (main): Handle new option -n. * doc/coreutils.texi: Document new cp/mv option -n. * tests/cp/cp-i: Add tests for -f, -i and -n options. * tests/mv/mv-n: New test for mv -n. * tests/Makefile.am: Add test mv/mv-n to the list. * NEWS: Mention the change.
2008-12-26dd: add support for opening files in Concurrent I/O (CIO) modeMatt Harden
* src/dd.c (O_CIO): New flag. * src/dd.c (O_FULLBLOCK): Add O_CIO to the list of flags that O_FULLBLOCK should be greater than. * src/dd.c (flags): Give the name "cio" to the new O_CIO flag, mirroring the treatment of O_DIRECT. * src/dd.c (usage): Add a description of the new flag when it is available. * doc/coreutils.text (dd invocation): Describe the new flag. * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
2008-12-16du: -H now does what POSIX requiresJim Meyering
* src/du.c (usage): Update --help output. (main): Move -H-handling code from the --si block to the one for --dereference-args (-D). * doc/coreutils.texi (du invocation): Update description. * NEWS (Changes in behavior): Mention this.
2008-12-03tests: ensure that chmod, chgrp and chown honor --silentJim Meyering
* tests/chmod/silent: New file, to test all three programs. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add chmod/silent. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention this. The bug was introduced in 96a5d2ce6a53d96cb667af78f13e56fadcdb91e6.
2008-12-02wc: read and process --files0-from= input a name at a time,Jim Meyering
when the file name list is not too large. Before, wc would always read the entire file name list into memory and *then* process each file name. wc does read the list into memory when the list is known not to be too large; this is done in order to be able to align the output numbers, as it does with arguments specified on the command-line * src/wc.c: Include "argv-iter.h". (main): Rewrite to use argv-iter when the input file name list is known to be too large. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
2008-12-02du: read and process --files0-from= input a name at a time,Jim Meyering
rather than by reading the entire input into memory and *then* processing each file name. * src/du.c: Include "argv-iter.h", not "readtokens0.h". (main): Rewrite to use argv-iter. Call xfts_open on each argument, rather than on the entire argv list at once. Call print_size here, not from du_files. Diagnose read failure. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. * THANKS: update. Reported by Barry Kelly. More details in http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs/15159/
2008-12-01cp, mv: remove 3-year-deprecated+warned-about --reply optionJim Meyering
* src/cp.c (reply_args, reply_vals): Remove globals. [REPLY_OPTION]: Remove enum. (long_opts) ["reply"]: Remove initializer. (main): Remove case stmt. * src/mv.c: Likewise. Don't include "argmatch.h". No longer used. * NEWS (Changes in behavior): Mention this. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Remove mv/reply-no. * tests/mv/reply-no: Remove file. * tests/mv/i-link-no: Update, now that --reply= is gone.
2008-11-20cp: use far less memory in some casesJim Meyering
cp --link was "remembering" many name,dev,inode triples unnecessarily. cp was doing the same, even without --link, for every directory in the source hierarchy, while it can do its job with entries merely for the command-line arguments. Prompted by a report from Patrick Shoenfeld. Details <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/15081>. * src/copy.c (copy_internal): Refrain from remembering name,dev,inode for most files, when invoked via cp --link. Record an infloop-avoidance triple for each directory specified on the command line, not for each directory in the source tree. Don't record a dir-triple when x->hard_link is set. * NEWS (Buf fixes): Mention it. * tests/cp/link-heap: New file. Test for cp's lowered memory usage. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add link-heap.
2008-10-28ls: --color now highlights hard linked files, tooKamil Dudka
* src/ls.c (print_color_indicator): Colorize hard linked files. * src/dircolors.c: Add color for hard link. * src/dircolors.hin: Add color for hard link. * tests/ls/hardlink: Test for ls - colorize hard linked files. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add ls/hardlink. * NEWS: Mention the change.
2008-10-26tests: seq: check for today's extended long double fixJim Meyering
* tests/misc/seq-long-double: New file. Test for today's bug fix. * tests/check.mk (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Export CC definition. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add misc/seq-long-double. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
2008-10-23ls: use '.' (not +) as SELinux-only alt. access flag in ls -l outputJim Meyering
* src/ls.c (gobble_file) [long_format]: Map SELinux-only to '.', any other nonempty combination of MAC and ACL to '+', and all else to the usual ' '. Suggested by Michael Stone. * tests/misc/selinux: Adapt: expect '.', not '+'. * doc/coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Document this. * NEWS (Changes in behavior): Mention it.
2008-10-06stat: add lustre filesystem typeAndreas Dilger
* src/stat.c (human_fstype) [S_MAGIC_LUSTRE]: Add case. Make "stat -f" recognize the "Lustre" filesystem type. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustre_(file_system)> * NEWS: Mention this feature.
2008-10-05post-release administriviaJim Meyering
* NEWS: Add header line for next release. * .prev-version: Record previous version. * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.
2008-10-05version 7.0Jim Meyering
* NEWS: Record release date.
2008-10-03ls and sort: use filevercmp instead of strverscmpKamil Dudka
* src/ls.c (cmp_version): Use filevercmp instead of strverscmp. * src/sort.c (usage): Remove mna reference to strverscmp(3). (compare_version): Use filevercmp instead of strverscmp. * bootstrap.conf: Add filevercmp to list of gnulib modules. * tests/misc/sort-version: Remove conflicting string and enhance test. * NEWS: Mention the change.
2008-09-27rm -r: avoid O(n^2) performance for a directory with very many entriesJim Meyering
This enhancement works around a problem that is specific to at least ext3 and ext4 file systems. With them, it would take hours to remove a two-million-entry directory. RAM-backed file systems (tmpfs) are not affected, since there is no seek penalty. * remove.c (rm_malloc, rm_free, compare_ino): New functions. (dirent_count, preprocess_dir): New function. [struct readdir_data]: New struct. (remove_cwd_entries): Call preprocess_dir. * tests/rm/ext3-perf: New file. Test for the performance fix. * NEWS: mention the new feature
2008-09-26seq -0.1 0.1 2: print final number when locale's decimal point is ","Jim Meyering
* src/seq.c (print_numbers): Use strtold, not c_strtold to convert from just-formatted-using-asprintf string back to double, since asprintf may have used something other than "." as the decimal point. Reported by lsof@nodata.co.uk as <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/463556>. Thanks to Ondřej Vašík for discovering that the bug was locale-related. $ LC_ALL=cs_CZ.UTF-8 seq -0.1 0.1 2|grep 2.0 [Exit 1] $ seq -0.1 0.1 2|grep 2.0 2.0 * tests/check.mk (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Add LOCALE_FR_UTF8, for... * tests/misc/seq [locale-dec-pt]: New test for the above. * NEWS (bug fix): Mention it.
2008-09-06install: new option: --strip-program,Kamil Dudka
...to specify the program used to strip binaries * src/install.c (main): Handle new option --strip-program. (strip): Use strip program from global variable strip_program. (usage): Mention new option --strip-program in --help. * tests/tests/strip-program: Test case for new option --strip-program. * tests/Makefile.am: Add new test case to test set. * doc/coreutils.texi: Mention new option --strip-program. * NEWS: Mention the change. * TODO: Remove completed task.
2008-09-03df: new option: --total to print grand totalsKamil Dudka
* src/df.c (add_uint_with_neg_flag): New function to add two integral values with separate negation flag. (show_dev): New parameter force_fsu to display numbers directly. Collect summary statistics on each printed device. (usage): Mention new option --total in --help. (main): Initialize summary on program start. Handle new option --total. * tests/df/total: Dummy test case for new --total option. * tests/df/total-awk: Better test case for new --total option (requires awk). * doc/coreutils.texi: Mention new parameter --total. * NEWS: Mention the change. * TODO: Removed completed task.
2008-08-15adjustJim Meyering
2008-08-15sort: new option, --sort=version, for version number orderingBruce Korb
* src/sort.c [struct keyfield] (version): New member. (usage): Describe --version-sort. (sort_options): Add 'V'. (long_options): Add "version-sort". (CHECK_TABLE, _ct_, SORT_TABLE, _st_): Define new macros. (check_args, sort_args, sort_types): Use these new macros in declarations. (ARGMATCH_VERIFY): Remove use. No longer needed. (compare_version): New function. (key_compare): Add a case. (check_ordering_compatibility): Handle new type. (main): Likewise. Reformat two expressions for readability. * tests/misc/sort-version: new test file * tests/Makefile.am: add it to the list * doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Document it. * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
2008-08-06expr: support arbitrary-precision arithmeticJames Youngman
* src/Makefile.am (expr_LDADD): Link expr against GNU MP. * doc/coreutils.texi (expr invocation): Describe --bignum, --no-bignum. Explain the new arbitrary-precision functionality. * NEWS: Indicate that arbitrary-precision arithmetic is now supported in expr. * src/expr.c (enum valtype): Added mp_integer, signifying a GNU MP number. (usage): Document the new options --bignum and --no-bignum which force and prohibit the use of arbitrary-precision arithmetic, respectively. (long_options): data structure for getopt_long, which we need to use to parse the options mentioned above. (main): parse these options with getopt_long instead of parse_long_options. (valinfo): Downgrade the numeric member of the union from intmax_t to signed long, since MP lacks functions for promoting an intmax_t to an arbitrary-precision quantity. (enum arithmetic_mode): Represents the current choice between --bignum, --no-bignum and the default (automatically switch from one to the other if needed). (integer_overflow): issue a more explicit error message indicating that MP is not available. (string_too_long): new function, emits a fatal error message for the case where an argument to the 'index' expression is too long for a string offset to be represented. (int_value): With --bignum, create the value as mp_integer rather than plain integer. (substr_value): factored out of eval6; implements "substr". (freev): also destroy mp_integer values. Check that no mp_integer values exist if --no-bignum was specified. (printv, null, tostring): support mp_integer. (toint): new funtion for converting from string or mp_integer to integer. (getsize): extracts a size_t value from a VALUE object; used to implement substr. (promote): promotes a value from integer to mp_integer. (domult, dodivide): functions for multiplication and division, factored out of eval4. (doadd): addition/subraction function, factpred out of eval3. (eval3): support mp_integer types; call doadd. (eval4): support mp_integer types; call domult, dodivide. (eval6): support mp_integer offsets and lengths for "substr" and "index". * TODO: Mention that expr supports arbitrary-precision arithmetic, and suggest that this might also be a good idea for seq. * AUTHORS (expr): Add James Youngman.
2008-08-06doc: mv,cp: undocument the --reply optionJames Youngman
* doc/coreutils.texi (mv invocation): Remove documentation for mv --reply. (cp invocation): Likewise. * NEWS: mention this.
2008-08-01ls: --color now highlights files with capabilities, tooKamil Dudka
* src/ls.c: [HAVE_CAP] Include <sys/capability.h>. (has_capability): New function for capability detection. (print_color_indicator): Colorize file with capability. * m4/jm-macro.m4: New configure option: --disable-libcap. Check for libcap usability. * src/Makefile.am (dir_LDADD, ls_LDADD, ...): Append $(LIB_CAP). * src/dircolors.c: Update color lists. * src/dircolors.hin: Mention new CAPABILITY color attribute. * tests/ls/capability: Test for ls - colorize file with capability. * tests/Makefile.am (root_tests): Add ls/capability. * NEWS: Mention the change.
2008-08-01factor arbitrarily large numbersJames Youngman
* m4/gmp.m4: New file; adds cu_GMP, which detects GNU MP. * configure.ac: Use cu_GMP. * src/Makefile.am: Link factor against libgmp if available. * src/factor.c: Use GNU MP if it is available. (emit_factor, emit_ul_factor, factor_using_division, factor_using_pollard_rho, extract_factors_multi, sort_and_print_factors, free_factors): new functions for the arbitrary-precision implementation, taken from an example in GNU MP. (factor_wheel): Renamed; was called factor. (print_factors_single): Renamed; was called print_factors. (print_factors): New function, chooses between the single- and arbitrary-precision algorithms according to availability of GNU MP and the length of the number to be factored. (usage, main): New options --bignum and --no-bignum. * coreutils.texi (factor invocation): Document new command-line options for the MP implementation and update the performance numbers to take into account the asymptotically faster algorithm. * TODO: Remove item about factoring large primes (it's done). * m4/gmp.m4: Add support for --without-gmp. * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
2008-08-01ls -U1 now uses constant memoryKamil Dudka
When printing one name per line and not sorting, ls now uses constant memory per directory, no matter how many files are in the directory. * ls.c (print_dir): Print each file name immediately, when possible. * NEWS: Mention the improvement.
2008-07-27* NEWS: Move shuf --zero-terminated item into bug-fixes section.Jim Meyering
2008-07-27shuf: correctly document --head-countMikael Magnusson
* src/shuf.c (usage): Correct --help output. * doc/coreutils.texi: Correct option listing. * NEWS: Mention correction.
2008-07-27shuf: honor --zero-terminated option even with --input-range=LO-HIJim Meyering
* src/shuf.c (write_permuted_output): Add EOLBYTE parameter and use it rather than hard-coding "\n". (main): Adjust sole caller. * tests/misc/shuf: Add a test to exercise this bug fix. * NEWS: Mention it.
2008-07-23dd: minor fullblock changesJim Meyering
* src/dd.c (O_FULLBLOCK): Define using an enum, not #define. Derive the value, rather than hard-coding to one that might conflict. (usage): Mention iflag=fullblock in --help output. (scanargs): Reset the O_FULLBLOCK bit, so that we don't try to set an undefined attribute via fcntl (fd, F_SETFL, ... * tests/dd/misc: Signal framework_failure when necessary. Use "compare actual expected", so any diffs look "right". * NEWS (dd): Alphabetize and reword. * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Adjust wording.
2008-07-23dd: new option: iflag=fullblock to accumulate full input blocksKamil Dudka
* src/dd.c (iread_fullblock): New function for reading full blocks. (scanargs): Check for new parameter iflag=fullblock. (skip): Use iread_fnc pointer instead of iread function. (dd_copy): Use iread_fnc pointer instead of iread function. * tests/dd/misc: Add test for dd - read full blocks. * doc/coretuils.texi: Mention new parameter iflag=fullblock. * NEWS: Mentioned the change.
2008-06-22stat: warn that the --context (-Z) option (a no-op) is obsoleteJim Meyering
* src/stat.c (main): It will be removed in a couple years. * NEWS (Change in behavior): Mention this.
2008-06-17sort: accept new option --batch-size=NMERGEBo Borgerson
* src/sort.c: (static unsigned int nmerge) Replace constant NMERGE. (specify_nmerge) Validate and apply new option. (mergefps) Replace some arrays with pointers to xnmalloc'd storage. * tests/misc/sort-merge: Test new option. * doc/coreutils.texi: Describe new option. * NEWS: Advertise new option.
2008-06-17sort: add new option --files0-from=FBo Borgerson
* src/sort.c: Support new option. * tests/misc/sort-files0-from: Test new option. * tests/misc/Makefile.am: Indicate new test. * docs/coreutils.texi: Explain new option. * NEWS: Advertise new option. Signed-off-by: Bo Borgerson <gigabo@gmail.com>