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2005-11-22Rewrite. Now, this module is reentrant on systemsJim Meyering
that provide openat (Solaris), and on systems like Linux+procfs where our openat emulation code is reentrant. This also fixes a few low-probability leaks and eliminates some code that could, in very unusual circumstances, cause rm() (via a callee) to exit.
2005-11-16Improve quality of ln's diagnostics.Paul Eggert
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2005-11-14(sort): Mention consequences of today's mkstemp-safer.c fix.Jim Meyering
2005-11-11Mention `readlink -f' bug fix in 5.3.0 news.Jim Meyering
Mention new readlink options in `New features' section.
2005-11-08Merge in changes from b5_9x branch.Jim Meyering
2005-11-08ls now defaults to --time-style='locale'.Paul Eggert
2005-11-04mention the du bug fixJim Meyering
2005-11-02Mention that rm -d and maybe ln -d are scheduled forPaul Eggert
removal in 2006.
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2005-11-01"touch 0101000000" now operates as POSIX 1003.1-2001 requires.Paul Eggert
2005-11-01tail -c 2 FILE now operates as POSIX 1002.1-2001 requires.Paul Eggert
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2005-10-20Mention this chmod fix as well as the dircolors one.Jim Meyering
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2005-10-16now it's the 17thJim Meyering
2005-10-16remove -cvs suffixJim Meyering
2005-10-16Mention the `mkdir -p' bug fix.Jim Meyering
2005-10-15.Jim Meyering
2005-10-13Document dircolors change of 2005-09-05.Jim Meyering
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2005-09-30Use 5.91-cvs as the version string.Jim Meyering
2005-09-30Clarify "tail - f" example.Paul Eggert
2005-09-29Version 5.90.Jim Meyering
Add today's date.
2005-09-29mention stat bug fixJim Meyering
2005-09-28Use 5.90-cvs as the version string.Jim Meyering
2005-09-25"touch -" now touches standard output.Paul Eggert
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2005-09-15uname -a no longer generates the -p and -i outputs if they are unknown.Paul Eggert
2005-09-14du and pr also have +:z etc.Paul Eggert
2005-09-13date has a new --rfc-3339 option, and the old --iso-8601Paul Eggert
option is deprecated. date and ls also have new time format specifiers %:z, %::z, %:::z.
2005-09-10.Jim Meyering
2005-09-10Insert missing paren.Paul Eggert
2005-09-09Document "niceness" vs "nice value".Paul Eggert
2005-08-29"rm -FOO" now suggests "rm ./-FOO" if the file "-FOO"Paul Eggert
exists and "-FOO" is not a valid option.
2005-08-23Use `5.3.1-cvs' as the version string.Jim Meyering
2005-07-19md5sum --check now accepts multiple input files, and similarly for sha1sum.Paul Eggert
2005-07-15nohup now ignores POSIXLY_CORRECT and redirects from /dev/null.Paul Eggert
2005-07-11Binary input and output are now implemented more consistently.Paul Eggert
These changes affect only platforms like MS-DOS that distinguish between binary and text files.
2005-07-03cp and mv: the --reply=X option is deprecatedJim Meyering
2005-06-23du's --last-time option is now --time.Paul Eggert
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