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2006-04-17(What information is listed): Add P for SolarisPaul Eggert
10 ports. Add commented-out entries for other types that POSIX says are possible, or that I observed in FreeBSD documentation.
2006-04-17(Input processing in ptx): Remove mention of theJim Meyering
default --ignore file, /usr/local/lib/eign. That file has never been used. Reported by Eric Blake.
2006-04-13(What information is listed): Document 'ls' type letters.Paul Eggert
2006-04-12(expr invocation): expr exit status is 3 only forPaul Eggert
internal errors now; 2 is also for invalid values in expressions.
2006-04-09(Top): Fix typo in System context menu entry: hostid wasn't mentioned.Paul Eggert
2006-03-28(General options in ptx): Undocument --copyright.Jim Meyering
2006-03-27(dirname invocation): Macro in previous patch was too broad.Jim Meyering
2006-03-26(basename invocation, dirname invocation):Jim Meyering
Improve documentation to match recent // patches.
2006-03-23(nohup invocation): nohup now redirects stderr toPaul Eggert
nohup.out if stdout is closed and stderr is a tty.
2006-03-06(dd invocation): New flags directory, nolinks.Paul Eggert
Alphabetize nofollow.
2006-02-27Add base64 section.Jim Meyering
2006-02-21(join invocation): Mention `sort -k 1b,1'.Paul Eggert
2006-02-20(rm invocation): Fix typo in last patch.Jim Meyering
(paste invocation): Fix whitespace.
2006-02-20(rm invocation): Document new -I option, and new --interactive behavior.Jim Meyering
2006-02-12(Character sets): Don't say that an unknownJim Meyering
backslash-escape causes an error message -- it doesn't. Mention that `\' also removes any special significance, so is useful for [, ], *, -. Prompted by Richard Neill in http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=14937
2006-02-12(Character sets): Don't say that an unknownJim Meyering
backslash-escape causes an error message -- it doesn't.
2006-02-02(od invocation): Warn that -t a ignores the high order bit.Paul Eggert
2006-01-31(tail invocation): In the obsolete usage, thePaul Eggert
count is optional, so put square brackets around it.
2006-01-03Use @acronym around "ISO" uniformly.Paul Eggert
(Date conversion specifiers): Explain %g, %G, and %V a bit better.
2006-01-02(tail invocation): Say that --retryJim Meyering
is useful `mainly' (not `only') when following by name.
2006-01-02Update copyright year.Paul Eggert
2006-01-02Clarify file mode bits versus file permission bits.Paul Eggert
(mkfifo invocation, mknod invocation): -m affects only file permission bits.
2005-12-29(sort invocation): Clarify that by default a blank is a space or a tab.Paul Eggert
2005-12-17(stat invocation) [--printf]: Describe new option.Jim Meyering
[--format]: Add example. Distinguish from --printf. Sort option descriptions.
2005-12-17(ls): Clarify the Alternate Access Method description.Jim Meyering
(cp): Clarify that --preserve=mode also preserves acls.
2005-12-12(sort invocation): Clarify explanation ofPaul Eggert
--random-sort, and use a simpler example.
2005-12-10(sort invocation): Add --random-sort (-R) and --seed.Paul Eggert
2005-12-07(dd invocation): New noatime flag.Paul Eggert
2005-11-26(df invocation): Document treatment of dummy filePaul Eggert
systems better.
2005-11-16(tail invocation): Say that the obsolete form uses exactly onePaul Eggert
option and at most one file.
2005-11-16(ln invocation): ln -v now outputs lines only for successful links.Paul Eggert
2005-11-08(Formatting file timestamps): ls now defaults toPaul Eggert
--time-style='locale', which in turn acts like --time-style='posix-long-iso' if the locale settings are messed up.
2005-11-02(rm invocation): Don't mention --directory (-d).Paul Eggert
2005-11-01(touch invocation): The old usage works only for 1969-1999 now.Paul Eggert
2005-11-01(tail invocation): Describe obsolete usagesPaul Eggert
like "tail -2" more precisely.
2005-10-23Document SHA-1 and SHA-2 utlities.Jim Meyering
2005-10-16(Top, General output formatting, dir invocation):Jim Meyering
(vdir invocation): Don't document the old v and d commands.
2005-10-15(who invocation): Remove documentation for deprecated --idle (-i).Jim Meyering
2005-10-15(du invocation): Document du's -m option, now that we've decided to keep it.Jim Meyering
2005-10-13Avoid a few overfull/underfull hboxes.Jim Meyering
2005-09-25(touch invocation): "touch -" now touches standard output.Paul Eggert
2005-09-17(who invocation): Remove a stray '+'.Paul Eggert
2005-09-15uname -a no longer generates the -p and -i outputs if they are unknown.Paul Eggert
2005-09-13Fix wording in previous patch.Paul Eggert
2005-09-13(uname invocation): Mention that Linux outputs "unknown" for -i and -p.Paul Eggert
2005-09-13(Time conversion specifiers, Options for date):Paul Eggert
Document date --rfc-3339 and new specifiers %:z, %::z, %:::z. Use "date and time" consistently; the old version sometimes said "time and date". Fix a minor bug in the documentation for --rfc-2822: it claimed day-of-month < 10 had leading space, not leading zero. Use a consistent format for terms like "RFC".
2005-09-09Fix typo in previous patch: @command{POSIX} -> @acronym{POSIX}.Paul Eggert
2005-09-09(nice invocation): Document "niceness" versusPaul Eggert
"nice value" versus "scheduling priority".
2005-09-08Use the phrase "niceness" instead of "nice value" to describePaul Eggert
the biased nice value that can go negative. This corrects a discrepancy with POSIX, which states that nice values are nonnegative.
2005-08-15(join invocation): Itemize the defaults.Jim Meyering