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2005-05-28dd seek=N now conforms to POSIX if the output isn't seekable.Paul Eggert
2005-05-27expr and test now correctly compare integers of unlimited size.Paul Eggert
(Also, correct a comment that claimed that expr detects integer overflow; it does so only when converting from strings.)
2005-05-26nohup now redirects a tty stdin to an unreadable fd instead of closing it.Paul Eggert
2005-05-13rm now performs run-time test to work around buggy readdir implementationsJim Meyering
2005-05-12nohup now closes stdin if it is a terminal, unless POSIXLY_CORRECT is set.Paul Eggert
2005-05-08cp, ln, mv, rm no longer discard white space when intepreting responses.Paul Eggert
2005-05-06dd has new iflag= and oflag= flags "binary" and "text".Paul Eggert
2005-05-04chmod -w now complains if it differs from chmod a-w.Paul Eggert
2005-05-02ls --indicator-style=directory renamed to lsPaul Eggert
--indicator-style=slash, to avoid confusion with ls --directory.
2005-05-01"chmod +1 foo" is now diagnosed.Paul Eggert
2005-04-29Fix typo in ls POSIX changes.Paul Eggert
2005-04-29ls -p now appends only directories. New optionPaul Eggert
--indicator-style=directory equivalent to -p.
2005-04-28Document recent modechange fixes.Paul Eggert
2005-04-26Restore support for usages like "head -1" and "tail -1",Paul Eggert
even when conforming to POSIX 1003.1-2001. Fix bug with "POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 fold file -3". join now supports a NUL field separator, e.g., "join -t '\0'". join now detects and reports incompatible options, e.g.,
2005-04-23nohup now exits with status 127 (not 1) when given an invalid option.Paul Eggert
2005-04-22"mkdir -m =+x dir" no longer ignores the umask when evaluating "+x",Paul Eggert
and similarly for mkfifo and mknod.
2005-04-09Document that dd no longer treats QUIT or PIPE specially,Paul Eggert
and when conforming to POSIX no longer treats USR1 specially. Document that dd no longer dumps core when handling signals.
2005-03-19"pr -D FORMAT" now accepts the same formats that "date +FORMAT" does.Paul Eggert
2005-03-19nohup now ignores the umask when creating nohup.out.Paul Eggert
nohup now closes stderr if it is a terminal and stdout is closed.
2005-03-14Reword ls time-stamp limit issue.Paul Eggert
2005-03-11ls now refuses to generate time stamps containing more than 1000 bytes.Paul Eggert
2005-02-28*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2005-02-21dd now uses a real-time clock if available, for transfer statistics.Paul Eggert
2005-02-15*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2005-02-08Document stat -f -c %S, plus changes to default formats.Paul Eggert
2005-01-15*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2005-01-15*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2005-01-10Document changes responding to POSIX interpretations about pathchk -pPaul Eggert
dated 2005-01-06.
2005-01-09*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2005-01-08*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2005-01-08*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2005-01-07Include today's date.Jim Meyering
2005-01-05*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2005-01-05 du --exclude=P now compares pattern P against the entire nameJim Meyering
of each file, rather than just the final component.
2005-01-04*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-12-19* NEWS: Mention that one should eval "`dircolors`" rather thanPaul Eggert
`dircolors`.
2004-12-15mention tac bug fixJim Meyering
2004-12-11chown race fixJim Meyering
2004-12-09ls now exits with status 1 on minor problems, 2 if serious trouble.Paul Eggert
2004-12-08Document new UTC+HH:MM date syntax, and put date changes together.Paul Eggert
2004-12-04Mention cut's new --complement option.Jim Meyering
2004-11-20Add noctty flag to dd.Paul Eggert
2004-11-16New dd operand "status=noxfer".Paul Eggert
2004-11-15dd now outputs total bytes, seconds, and bytes per second.Paul Eggert
2004-11-13Document today's changes to "sort".Paul Eggert
2004-11-12Document recent changes to "pr".Paul Eggert
2004-10-30Document getdate changes.Paul Eggert
2004-10-29`tac /proc/modules' would print nothingJim Meyering
2004-10-21*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-10-21*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering