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2004-06-17(yes invocation): "--" is now supported.Jim Meyering
(false invocation, true invocation): --help and --version now work unconditionally.
2004-06-15Remove special cases for POSIXLY_CORRECT when POSIX allows the GNU behavior.Jim Meyering
(pr invocation, unlink invocation): Document this.
2004-06-07Remove menu references to just-removed subsection.Jim Meyering
2004-06-06(tr invocation): Remove the section describingJim Meyering
how POSIXLY_CORRECT changes tr's behavior.
2004-06-02(cut invocation): Clarify what --output-delimiter=STRJim Meyering
does with byte/character ranges.
2004-06-02(tr invocation): Mention -C.Jim Meyering
2004-06-01Add some index references for POSIXLY_CORRECT.Jim Meyering
(echo invocation): Document today's changes.
2004-05-17chgrp and chown now dereference symlinks by default, per POSIX.Jim Meyering
(chgrp invocation, chown invocation): Document it.
2004-05-14(sort invocation): Document that "sort -m -o F"Jim Meyering
might write F before reading all the input.
2004-05-09(stat invocation): Change IO to I/O.Jim Meyering
2004-04-26(sort invocation): Mention -k earlier, soJim Meyering
that the options are in alphabetical order. Describe how -b works more-accurately; this involves fixing some examples, too. Mention what happens if the start field falls after an end field or after a line end. Warn about using -k without -b, -g, -M, -n, or -t. Add an example of how to sort IPv4 addresses and Apache Common Log Format dates. Remove a duplicate example. (Putting the tools together): Use separate options rather than agglomerating them.
2004-04-12(mv invocation): Document this.Jim Meyering
(cp invocation): Document -u (it was missing!) with new behavior.
2004-04-08Remove noctty flag from dd.Jim Meyering
2004-04-08New dd conv= symbols nocreat, excl, fdatasync, fsync,Jim Meyering
and new dd options iflag= and oflag=. (dd invocation): Document them.
2004-04-07(stty invocation - Input): Document new iutf8 option.Jim Meyering
2004-04-04(stat invocation): Correct --format description.Jim Meyering
2004-03-24(Block size): Document new envvar BLOCKSIZE.Jim Meyering
2004-03-24Use @sc{nul} consistently for NUL.Jim Meyering
(du invocation): FILE0 -> FILE.
2004-03-23(du invocation): --files0-from is useful withJim Meyering
--total (-c), not with --summarize.
2004-03-22Tweak a few lines that resulted in `overfull hbox' warnings.Jim Meyering
2004-03-21(du invocation): Document new option: --file0-from=F.Jim Meyering
2004-03-17(touch invocation):Jim Meyering
Describe use of fractional seconds. (date invocation, Options for date): Likewise. (date invocation): Mention effect of LC_TIME. (Options for date): Describe new --iso-8601=ns option.
2004-03-15(date invocation): Add missing `C' to %[...] rangeJim Meyering
in the `Date directives:: ...' menu entry. From Bob Proulx.
2004-03-15Add FIXME comment:Jim Meyering
The following don't have `invocation' nodes: [, pinky, shasum, uptime
2004-03-10(Sorting the output): Remove description ofJim Meyering
ls's --sort=directory option. ls doesn't accept that option, yet.
2004-03-10(cp invocation): Improve description of cp's --sparse=WHEN option.Jim Meyering
2004-03-10(nl invocation): Specify that these are _basic_Jim Meyering
regular expressions (BRE), and add a link to grep's documentation.
2004-03-03(chown invocation): Document that chown now fallsJim Meyering
back on USER.GROUP parsing regardless of POSIX version, as POSIX 1003.1-2001 allows that behavior as a compatible extension.
2004-02-22tweak wording of last changeJim Meyering
2004-02-22(du invocation): Mention that using du's -H option currently evokes a warning.Jim Meyering
2004-02-21(expr invocation):Jim Meyering
Document what forms integers may take, and say "integer" consistently instead of "number". Warn about operands that "expr" can misinterpret, and how to work around the problem.
2004-02-17(csplit invocation): Correct typo s/LINE/N/Jim Meyering
in description of `N' pattern.
2004-02-11(Formatting the file names):Jim Meyering
Improve wording for --quoting-style documentation. Suggestions by Bruno Haible.
2004-02-11revert unrelated (ls --quoting-style) part of last changeJim Meyering
2004-02-11(Time directives): The %s value *is* changed by theJim Meyering
--date=DATE option; don't say otherwise. Patch from Padraig Brady.
2004-02-09Hyphenate `three-column' when used as an adjective.Jim Meyering
2004-02-02(nice invocation): Add examples.Jim Meyering
Prompted by suggestion from Dan Jacobson. (factor invocation): Add an example. Update timing numbers for a more modern CPU.
2004-01-27 Separate `Synopses' section into three examples.Jim Meyering
Clarify first paragraph. @w{}-protect an expression.1 Use @option{--option}, rather than @code{--option}.
2004-01-27(seq invocation): Remove `@dots{}' at end of synopsis.Jim Meyering
2004-01-22(Exit status): Document that ordinary failureJim Meyering
might not exit with status 1 on unusual platforms. Mention chroot, env, nice, and su as having unusual exit status patterns. Don't bother to mention true and false since their exit status patterns are actually normal. (sort invocation, su invocation): Mention its unusual exit status pattern. (chroot invocation): Simplify description of exit status 1. Remove duplicate description of status 127. (env invocation): Use consistent tenses; simplifiy description of status 1. (nice invocation): Likewise.
2004-01-16(touch invocation): touch -r and -d can nowJim Meyering
both be specified, with -r specifying the origin for -d.
2004-01-15Factor out some common options.Jim Meyering
(Common options): Define macros here. (What information is listed, cp invocation): Use the macro(s). (install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation): Likewise. (df invocation, du invocation): Likewise.
2004-01-09(yes invocation): Document that a write errorJim Meyering
makes `yes' exit unsuccessfully. (chroot invocation): Enumerate the meaning of exit status values. (nice invocation): Likewise. (Exit status) [@macro exitstatus]: New macro. Use @exitstatus to describe the exit status of most programs.
2004-01-09(du invocation): Mention that -H will eventuallyJim Meyering
mean not --si, but --dereference-args (-D).
2003-12-30(join invocation): Remove documentationJim Meyering
accordingly. Document that -t makes all separators significant.
2003-12-20(du invocation): Describe new option: -0, --null.Jim Meyering
2003-12-08(What information is listed, chroot invocation):Jim Meyering
Adjust example 'ls' output to match new behavior with narrower output columns. (The cut command): Remove example that cut the output of 'ls -l'. The output was incorrect even with the old 'ls', and the whole idea of using 'cut' on 'ls -l' output is bogus anyway.
2003-11-27Tweak mark-up to use @env, not @code in a few places.Jim Meyering
Mark new use of LC_NUMERIC.
2003-11-27Parse floating-point operands and options in the C locale.Jim Meyering
POSIX requires this for printf, and we might as well be consistent elsewhere (tail, sleep, seq). (tail invocation, printf invocation, sleep invocation, seq invocation): Document this.
2003-11-26(Traversing symlinks): Rearrange things.Jim Meyering
(chown invocation): Add xrefs to `Traversing symlinks' for -H, -P, -L. (chgrp invocation): Likewise.