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2009-11-06nproc: A new program to count the available processorsGiuseppe Scrivano
* AUTHORS: Add my name. * NEWS: Mention it. * README: Likewise. * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add nproc. * doc/coreutils.texi (nproc invocation): Add nproc info. * man/Makefile.am (nproc.1): Add dependency. * man/nproc.x: New template. * man/.gitignore: Ignore generated man page. * po/POTFILES.in: Add src/nproc.c. * src/.gitignore: Exclude nproc. * src/Makefile.am (EXTRA_PROGRAMS): Add nproc. * src/nproc.c: New file. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add misc/nproc-{avail,positive}. * tests/misc/nproc-avail: New file. * tests/misc/nproc-positive: New file.
2009-11-05mktemp: add suffix handlingEric Blake
Now that mkstemps is supported, we might as well use it. * src/mktemp.c (TMPDIR_OPTION): New enum value. (longopts): Add new option. (usage): Document it. (count_trailing_X_s): Rename... (count_consecutive_X_s): ...to this, and add parameter. (mkstemp_len, mkdtemp_len): Add parameter. (main): Implement new option. (AUTHORS): Add myself. * AUTHORS (mktemp): Likewise. * tests/misc/mktemp: Test new option. * doc/coreutils.texi (mktemp invocation): Document it. * NEWS: Likewise. Fixes http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548316.
2009-11-05doc: document mktempEric Blake
* doc/coreutils.texi (mktemp invocation): New node. * TODO: Delete completed task.
2009-10-28build: make doc checks more user-friendlyJim Meyering
* doc/Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Begin moving each individual test into its own rules. (sc-avoid-builtin, sc-avoid-path): New rules. Extracted from check-texinfo. (syntax_checks): Add them.
2009-10-28doc: avoid failing "make check"Jim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (env invocation): s/builtin/built-in/
2009-10-28echo, printf: interpret \e as the Escape characterPádraig Brady
Match gcc, perl, bash, ksh, tcsh, ... in supporting \e. * src/printf.c (print_escape_char): Output \x1B when \e encountered. * src/echo.c (main): Likewise. * src/stat.c (print_escape_char): Likewise. * doc/coreutils.texi (echo invocation): Add \e to the list. * tests/misc/printf: Verify that \e outputs \x1B. * NEWS: Mention the change in behaviour.
2009-10-27doc: turn env comments into documentationEric Blake
* src/env.c: Convert introductory comments... * doc/coreutils.texi (env invocation): ...into documentation. Suggested by Jim Meyering.
2009-10-27env, printenv: add -0/--null optionEric Blake
Allows for unambiguous processing when environment values (or even non-portable names!) contain newline. * src/env.c (longopts): Add new option. (usage): Document it. (main): Implement it. * src/printenv.c (longopts): New variable. (usage): Document new option. (main): Implement it. * doc/coreutils.texi (Common options): New macro optNull. (du invocation, env invocation, printenv invocation): Use it. * NEWS: Mention this. * tests/misc/env-null: New test. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Run it.
2009-10-26tests: clean up tests of env -- handlingEric Blake
The comment in env.c about -- handling has not matched the behavior in the code since the initial commit back in 1992. * src/env.c: Fix bogus comment. * tests/misc/env: Further tweaks, avoiding PATH problems inherent in testing -i, and testing program name containing =. * doc/coreutils.texi (env invocation): Mention that intermediate program is needed to invoke program with name containing =.
2009-10-26doc: document PATH interactions with envEric Blake
* doc/coreutils.texi (env invocation): Mention that PATH is modified prior to exec. * tests/misc/env: Test this.
2009-10-23nohup: use EXIT_CANCELED if not POSIXLY_CORRECTEric Blake
* src/nohup.c (NOHUP_FAILURE): Rename... (POSIX_NOHUP_FAILURE): ...to this. (main): Pay attention to POSIXLY_CORRECT, to determine whether to use status 125 or 127. * doc/coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): Document this. * NEWS: Likewise. * tests/misc/invalid-opt (exit_status): Adjust expected results. * tests/misc/help-version (expected_failure_status): Likewise. * tests/misc/nohup: Likewise.
2009-10-23chroot, env, nice, su: use EXIT_CANCELED for internal failureEric Blake
* src/chroot.c (main): Use EXIT_CANCELED, not EXIT_FAILURE. * src/env.c (main): Likewise. * src/nice.c (main): Likewise. * src/su.c (change_identity, main): Likewise. * doc/coreutils.texi (chroot invocation, env invocation) (nice invocation, su invocation): Document this. * NEWS: Likewise. * tests/misc/invalid-opt (exit_status): Adjust expected results. * tests/misc/help-version (expected_failure_status): Likewise.
2009-10-17touch: add -h to change symlink timestamps, where supportedEric Blake
* src/touch.c (no_dereference): New flag variable. (longopts): Add -h/--no-dereference. (touch): Add symlink handling. (usage): Document new option. (main): Accept new option. * NEWS: Document it. * doc/coreutils.texi (touch invocation): Likewise. Also mention birthtime. * tests/touch/no-dereference: New test. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Run it.
2009-09-29ls: with -LR, exit with status 2 upon detecting a cycleJim Meyering
* src/ls.c (print_dir): Diagnosing the cycle is not enough. Also set exit status to 2. This is what Solaris' /bin/ls does, too. * tests/ls/infloop: Rework test: match both expected stdout and stderr. Require an exit status of 2 in this case. * doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Mention that a loop provokes in an exit status of 2. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. Reported by Yang Ren in http://bugzilla.redhat.com/525402. * THANKS: Correct ordering of Yang Ren's names.
2009-09-25ln: add -L/-P optionsEric Blake
* src/ln.c (STAT_LIKE_LINK): Delete. (logical): New flag. (long_options): Add -L, -P. (usage): Mention them. (main): Choose between them. (do_link): Perform correct action. * tests/ln/misc: Move hard-to-sym portion of test... * tests/ln/hard-to-sym: ...into new test, and add more. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Run new test. * NEWS: Document this. * doc/coreutils.texi (link invocation, ln invocation): Likewise. * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add linkat.
2009-09-23readlink: pick up gnulib changes to readlink -fEric Blake
* bootstrap.conf (obsolete_gnulib_modules): Move rename... (gnulib_modules): ...here. Add symlink. * NEWS: Document the change in readlink. * doc/coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Likewise. * tests/readlink/can-f: Update test to new semantics, and add test of loop.
2009-09-22doc: stdbuf: mention it can have a non standard exit statusPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (Exit status): Add stdbuf to the list
2009-09-21doc: normalize and add missing entries to texinfo menuPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi: Add the missing arch, base64, link, readlink, and unlink entries. Also remove extraneous '.' from some entries and try to align all entries on the same column. * THANKS: Add Benno Schulenberg.
2009-09-14doc: touch, document that it accepts .60Jim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (touch invocation): Document that SS may be 60.
2009-09-11id: don't print context=... when POSIXLY_CORRECT is setJim Meyering
* src/id.c (print_full_info) [POSIXLY_CORRECT]: Don't print context. Reported by Ulrich Drepper. * NEWS (Changes in behavior): Mention it. * doc/coreutils.texi (id invocation): Document that id also prints the security context, when possible, and when POSIXLY_CORRECT is not set. * tests/id/no-context: New file. Test for this. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
2009-09-10doc: improve various BLOCKSIZE and SIZE helpOndřej Vašík
* doc/coreutils.texi (multiplierSuffixes): Mention that the suffix can be specified without a leading number * src/split.c (usage): Refactor SIZE help to within a function * src/truncate.c (usage): Likewise * src/ls.c (usage): Likewise * src/df.c (usage): Likewise. Also add a function with BLOCKSIZE help * src/du.c (usage): Likewise. * src/system.h: Define 2 functions to emit common help text This was prompted by https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511188
2009-09-10dd conv=unblock: print final newline consistentlyJim Meyering
* src/dd.c (dd_copy) [C_UNBLOCK]: Always print the final newline for non-empty output, not just when output size is a multiple of cbs. * doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation) [conv=unblock]: Mention that dd prints a newline after each output record, not just when replacing trailing spaces. Reported by Ulrich Drepper. * tests/dd/unblock: New file. Test for this. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
2009-09-08tail: make the new piped-stdin test as portable as the old oneJim Meyering
* src/tail.c (main): Adapt piped-stdin test to use the same isapipe, test as was used in the preceding POSIXLY_CORRECT condition. Remove the now-subsumed POSIXLY_CORRECT test. Reported by Pádraig Brady. * doc/coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Document this change. * NEWS (Changes in behavior): Reclassify, clarify.
2009-09-03doc: install -C: fix bug in the texi documentationKamil Dudka
* doc/coreutils.texi: Move the documentation for install --compare (-C) from the section on fmt to that for install. Reported by Florian Schlichting.
2009-08-30doc: cp: update note on preserving symlink time stampsJim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Now, we *do* preserve time stamps on symlinks, when possible.
2009-08-29cp --reflink: add an "auto" parameter to fall back to a normal copyPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Document the new "auto" and "always" options to --reflink. * src/copy.c (copy_reg): Fall back to a standard copy when reflink() is not supported and --reflink=auto specified. * src/copy.h [struct cp_options] (reflink): Change type s/bool/enum/. * src/cp.c (usage): Describe the --reflink={always,auto} options and expand a little on what --reflink does. (main): parse the new parameters to --reflink and allow all --sparse options with --reflink=auto. * src/install.c (cp_option_init): Init the enum instead of bool. * src/mv.c (cp_option_init): Likewise. * tests/cp/reflink-auto: A new test for falling back to normal copy. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
2009-08-18nl: deprecate --page-increment in favor of --line-incrementGiuseppe Scrivano
* NEWS: Mention the change. * doc/coreutils.texi: Document the new --line-increment option. * src/nl.c (struct option): Add --line-increment, (usage): Describe it, (main): Use it.
2009-08-07cp: accept the --reflink optionGiuseppe Scrivano
* NEWS: Mention it. * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Describe it. * src/copy.h (struct cp_options) [reflink]: New member. * src/copy.c (usage): Describe it. (copy_reg): If reflink is true try to clone the file. (main): Check for --reflink. (cp_option_init): Initialize the new member. * src/install.c (cp_option_init): Initialize the new member. * src/mv.c (cp_option_init): Likewise. * tests/cp/sparse: Add a new test case.
2009-08-06dd: work around buffer length restrictions with oflag=direct (O_DIRECT)Jim Meyering
dd oflag=direct would fail to copy a file with size that is not a multiple of 512 (destination file system specific) * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. * src/dd.c (iwrite): Turn off O_DIRECT for any smaller-than-obs-sized write. Don't bother to restore it. * tests/dd/direct: New test for the above. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add dd/direct. * doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Mention oflag=direct buffer size restriction. Details in http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/17586 Reported by Eric Sandeen.
2009-07-28doc: fix the generated HTML indexPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi: Move the "SELinux context" section down below the "System context" nodes so that the HTML index is generated correctly. Also some extraneous and missing '.' characters were corrected in the index. Reported by Benno Schulenberg.
2009-07-27doc: add a sort by line length examplePádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Add an example showing how to sort data not directly supported by the sort command.
2009-07-27doc: mention realpath in the readlink infoPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Add realpath to the index, and also mention it in the readlink description so people searching for that functionality can easily make the connection.
2009-07-24doc: improve readlink description here, tooKamil Dudka
* doc/coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Update menus. Add @cindex entries.
2009-07-03doc: update the info on sort -b and -kPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Mention in the description of -b, that the locale can also affect whether blanks are significant. Update the list of ordering options for a --key that cause it to not inherit any global ordering options. Update the list of ordering options that implicitly skip whitespace.
2009-06-23maint: update all Copyright year lists to include 2009Jim Meyering
2009-06-17doc: fix a typoJim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (stdbuf invocation): Insert missing "to".
2009-06-17stdbuf: A new program to run a command with modified stdio bufferingPádraig Brady
* AUTHORS: Register as the author. * NEWS: Mention this change. * README: Add stdbuf command to list. * configure.ac: Only enable on ELF systems with GCC. * cfg.mk (sc_system_h_headers): Use VC_LIST_EXCEPT rather than VC_LIST, so we can add an exception, if needed. * .x-sc_system_h_headers: New file. Exempt libstdbuf.c. * Makefile.am (syntax_check_exceptions): Add .x-sc_system_h_headers. * doc/coreutils.texi (stdbuf invocation): Add stdbuf info. * man/.gitignore: Ignore generated manpage. * src/.gitignore: Ignore stdbuf and libstdbuf.so binaries. * man/Makefile.am (stdbuf.1): Add dependency. * man/stdbuf.x: New file with example usage. * po/POTFILES.in: Reference new command and shared library sources. * src/Makefile.am (build_if_possible__progs): Add stdbuf and libstdbuf, (pkglib_PROGRAMS): Reference optional shared lib, (libstdbuf_so_LDADD): Ensure we don't link with non PIC libcoreutils.a. (libstdbuf_so_LDFLAGS): Add -shared GCC option, (libstdbuf_so_CFLAGS): Add -fPIC GCC option. (check-README): Exclude libstbuf. (check-AUTHORS): ditto. (sc_tight_scope): Exclude functions starting with __. * src/libstdbuf.c: The LD_PRELOAD shared library to control buffering. * src/stdbuf.c: New file to setup env variables before execing command. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference new test file. * tests/misc/help-version: Set expected exit codes. * tests/misc/invalid-opt: ditto. * tests/misc/stdbuf: Add 9 tests.
2009-06-16doc: cp: describe an oddity of combining -H/-L and --preserve=linksJim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation) [-L]: Elaborate. [--preserve=links]: Remove comments saying that we need documentation for just this situation. Provide more explanation and examples. Reported by Brian M. Carlson in http://bugs.debian.org/525048.
2009-05-29head, tail: make --help less ambiguousEric Blake
* src/head.c (usage): Use -n K, not -n N, to avoid confusion. * src/tail.c (usage): Likewise. * doc/coreutils.texi (head invocation, tail invocation): Likewise. Reported by Christophe Lyon.
2009-05-26sort: new --human-numeric-sort option to sort KiB MB etc.Michael Speer
* NEWS: Document the new option * doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): ditto * src/sort.c (main): handle the new --human-numeric-sort option (-h). (human_numcompare): A new function to compare SI and IEC suffixes before falling back to the standard --numeric comparison. (find_unit_order): A new helper function to find the order of magnitude of a number string as determined by its suffix. (check_mixed_SI_IEC): A new helper function to exit with error if both SI and IEC suffixes are presented. * tests/misc/sort: Add 8 tests to test the new functionality. * THANKS: Update
2009-05-26chroot: accept new options --userspec=U:G and --groups=G1,G2,G3Giuseppe Scrivano
* NEWS: Note chroot's new options. * doc/coreutils.texi: Document them. * src/chroot.c (main): Add support for --userspec and --groups. * tests/Makefile.am (root-tests): Add chroot/credentials. * tests/chroot/credentials: New file. * tests/test-lib.sh: Define NON_ROOT_GROUP to a default value.
2009-05-18doc: clarify the operation of the comm -123 parametersPádraig Brady
* src/comm.c (usage): give more information on the -123 parameters, with examples to show that they can be combined. Addresses <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?24974>. * doc/coreutils.texi (comm invocation): Mention that the column separators are suppressed along with the column. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson. * man/comm.x: Reference other commands that match adjacent lines. * man/join.x: ditto. * man/uniq.x: ditto.
2009-05-05doc: note the use of LC_COLLATE in comm, join and uniqPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (uniq invocation): Simplify the text to remove the inconsequential mentioning of order, while implying that LC_COLLATE can alter equality comparisons. * src/comm.c (usage): Mention LC_COLLATE is significant. * src/join.c (usage): Ditto. * src/uniq.c (usage): Ditto. Also improve the summary. Suggestion from Andries Brouwer
2009-04-30build: "make check" now fails in a friendlier manner for missing PerlJim Meyering
* doc/Makefile.am (sc-lower-case-var): Don't redirect stderr of $(PERL) (which is sometimes build-aux/missing) to /dev/null, so that a failing "make check" explains that Perl is not installed. Reported by James Youngman.
2009-04-30build: doc: emit something for each "make check"-run ruleJim Meyering
* doc/Makefile.am: Use $(AM_V_GEN) in place of each leading "@". (check-texinfo): Align line-continuation backslashes.
2009-04-10doc: fix a typo: s/is a is a/is a/Jim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (Putting the tools together): Fix typo.
2009-04-07shred,sort,shuf: don't use /dev/urandom by defaultPádraig Brady
Suggestion from Steven Schveighoffer at: http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?6797 to greatly speed up the random passes done by shred. * gl/lib/randread.c: Default to using the internal pseudorandom generator, rather than reading /dev/urandom * src/shred.c (usage): remove mention of /dev/urandom * src/shuf.c (usage); ditto * src/sort.c (usage): ditto * doc/coreutils.text: Document the new behaviour for aquiring random data.
2009-04-07doc: add missing documentation for some SELinux optionsPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Describe the --context (-Z) option (install invocation): Describe the --preserve-context and -Z options (id invocation): Describe the --context (-Z) option (mkdir invocation): ditto (mknod invocation): ditto (mkfifo invocation): ditto * TODO: remove the todo item
2009-04-06* doc/code-vs-command: Remove long-unused, never-distributed file.Jim Meyering
2009-04-04maint: clean up Makefile.am, rename remaining ChangeLog filesJim Meyering
* Makefile.am (changelog_etc, syntax_check_exceptions): Define. (EXTRA_DIST): Use. Remove names that are now automatically included: build-aux/git-version-gen, build-aux/vc-list-files. * build-aux/ChangeLog-2007: Rename from */ChangeLog. * doc/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise. * lib/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise. * m4/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise. * po/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise.
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