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2004-10-18*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-10-18Regenerate.Paul Eggert
2004-10-18pathchk cleanups, gnulib mergePaul Eggert
2004-10-18(pathchk invocation): Overall lengths arePaul Eggert
OS limits, not file system limits. Component length checks apply to all components, not merely to existing ones. Say that nonexistent names are not errors. For -p, omit all checks based on the underlying file system, not merely length checks. Explain what the portabile file name character set is.
2004-10-15(printf invocation): Mention ISO/IEC 10646 as well as Unicode.Paul Eggert
2004-10-15(printf invocation): Mention ISO/IEC 10646 asPaul Eggert
well as Unicode. Various minor formatting cleanups.
2004-10-13* coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Move LC_ALL, LC_COLLATEPaul Eggert
2004-10-13(sort invocation): Move LC_ALL, LC_COLLATEPaul Eggert
index entries to proper paragraph.
2004-10-12(check-texinfo): Add `builtin' and `builtins' to the list of words to avoid.Jim Meyering
2004-10-12(check-texinfo): Add `builtin' and `builtins' toJim Meyering
the list of words to avoid.
2004-10-11Add missing .Paul Eggert
2004-10-11* coreutils.texi (Special built-in utilities): New node.Paul Eggert
Warn about env variable spelling.
2004-10-11(Special built-in utilities): New node.Paul Eggert
(printf invocation): builtin -> built-in, for consistency with POSIX terminology. (test invocation, pwd invocation): Use specific rather than generic language to warn about built-in commands. (chroot invocation, env invocation, nice invocation, nohup invocation): Warn that command must not be a special built-in. (env invocation): Warn about environment variables with unusual spellings, or duplicates.
2004-10-04Regenerate.Paul Eggert
2004-09-26Add "ls --hide".Paul Eggert
2004-09-26(ls invocation): Document "ls --hide".Paul Eggert
2004-09-24"chmod -w file" docPaul Eggert
2004-09-24(chmod invocation): Warn about "chmod -w file".Paul Eggert
2004-09-23Fix obsolete "tail" option description.Paul Eggert
2004-09-23(tail invocation): Fix bugs in the description ofPaul Eggert
the obsolete syntax (e.g., it does not support -k or -m). Warn about usages like "tail -" and "tail -c 4" that are ambigous on older systems.
2004-09-22Use automake-1.9.2. Regenerate dependent files.Jim Meyering
2004-09-21* coreutils.texi (mv invocation, rm invocation): Say "the responsePaul Eggert
is affirmative" rather than "the response begins with y or Y".
2004-09-21(mv invocation, rm invocation): Say "the responsePaul Eggert
is affirmative" rather than "the response begins with y or Y".
2004-09-19dd invocation fixesPaul Eggert
2004-09-19(dd invocation): Distinguish between optionsPaul Eggert
(e.g., --help) and operands (e.g., if=file). Move miscellaneous stuff after the operand descriptions, for clarity.
2004-09-09Document test -r, -w, -x more carefully.Paul Eggert
2004-09-09(test invocation): Document -r, -w, -x more carefully.Paul Eggert
2004-09-09Revamp sort last-resort comparison description.Paul Eggert
2004-09-09(sort invocation): -u disables the last-resortPaul Eggert
comparison, too. Revamp its description.
2004-09-09Document that test -h and -L don't dereference.Paul Eggert
2004-09-09(test invocation): Mention that -h and -L don't dereference symlinks.Paul Eggert
2004-09-09(test invocation): Use better synopses.Paul Eggert
2004-09-09Mention option-reordering, particularly with tr.Paul Eggert
2004-09-09(Common options): Some programs don't reorderPaul Eggert
options. (tr invocation, echo invocation, printf invocation, test invocation, expr invocation, basename invocation, chroot invocation, nice invocation, nohup invocation, seq invocation): This program doesn't reorder options. (tr invocation): Mention --help, --version, --. (echo invocation): Mention that -- isn't special. (test invocation): Mention that the expression is optional, and that test ! EXPR is like ! test EXPR. (expr invocation): Mention --help, --version.
2004-09-08sort -u versus sort | uniq.Paul Eggert
2004-09-08(sort invocation): Add remarks about sort -u versus sort | uniq.Paul Eggert
Prompted by a question from Andrew Noymer.
2004-09-06Several od changes for POSIX and FreeBSD compatibility.Paul Eggert
2004-09-06(od invocation): Several changes for POSIXPaul Eggert
and FreeBSD compatibility. Add support for XSI syntax (POSIX 1003.1-2004). Rename -s[N] to -S N. Remove documentation for -h. -i is now -t dI (not d2) and -l is now -t dL (not d4).
2004-09-06Improve quoting doc.Paul Eggert
2004-09-06(String tests): Improve quality of warning aboutPaul Eggert
quoting strings for the shell.
2004-09-03dd conversion option cleanup.Paul Eggert
2004-09-03(dd invocation): Specify which conversion optionsPaul Eggert
are mutually exclusive. Give a bit more detail about ascii, ebcdic, and ibm conversions.
2004-08-24Standardize on "tab stop" (the POSIX usage)Paul Eggert
rather than "tabstop". (unexpand invocation): Use "blank" rather than "space" when POSIX requires "blank". Define "blank". Initial blanks are converted even if there's just one. For -a, convert two or more blanks only if they occur just before a tab stop.
2004-08-24POSIX-conformance fixes for "expand" and "unexpand".Paul Eggert
2004-08-20Regenerate.Paul Eggert
2004-08-19Add support for "chown : file" and the like.Paul Eggert
Also, fix a regression and some memory leaks.
2004-08-19(chown invocation): Fix synopsis:Paul Eggert
group must always be preceded by separator. "chown : file" and "chown '' file" don't change the owner or group. Update the explanation of what happens to the set-user-ID or set-group-ID bits, e.g., they sometimes are not cleared if they denote mandatory locking. Change "find"-oriented examples to use chown -h.
2004-08-18* coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Clarify "printf".Paul Eggert
2004-08-18(printf invocation): Clarify how "printf" isPaul Eggert
supposed to work with extra arguments, missing arguments, etc.
2004-08-11Regenerate.Paul Eggert
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