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2003-07-18*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-07-18(expr invocation): Exit status is 2 if theJim Meyering
expression is syntactically invalid, 3 if there is some other error. This change is for conformance to POSIX.
2003-07-15*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-07-15(uname invocation): Explain the POSIX terminology behind uname -m and uname -s.Jim Meyering
2003-07-13*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-07-13(nohup invocation): Tell what happens when stdout is not a terminal.Jim Meyering
Based on a suggestion from Steven Mocking.
2003-07-13Use @code, not (nonexistent) @function.Jim Meyering
2003-07-13*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-07-13(chown invocation): Warn that chownJim Meyering
now clears set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits on some systems.
2003-07-12.Jim Meyering
2003-07-11.Jim Meyering
2003-07-10.Jim Meyering
2003-07-10(Standards conformance): Mention that uses likeJim Meyering
`tail -1' and `head -1', like `sort +1', are non conforming. (chown invocation): Say that using `.' as a separator may not work.
2003-06-25*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-06-25(Time directives) [%s]: Add a cross reference to the related examples.Jim Meyering
(Examples of date): Add an @anchor here, along with a few more examples.
2003-06-12*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-06-12Also change `lines' to `newlines'.Jim Meyering
2003-06-12*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-06-12(wc invocation): Tweak wording: wc prints them inJim Meyering
the order `line, word, byte'. Suggestion from Keith M. Briggs.
2003-06-06.Jim Meyering
2003-06-06.Jim Meyering
2003-05-29.Jim Meyering
2003-05-14*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-05-14(head invocation): Document --bytes=-N and --lines=-N.Jim Meyering
2003-05-14.Jim Meyering
2003-05-14(uniq invocation, squeezing, The uniq command):Jim Meyering
Use "repeated" rather than "duplicate" to describe adjacent duplicates; this simplifies the description and makes it more consistent with POSIX. (uniq invocation): Make it clear that -d and -u suppress the output of lines, rather than cause some lines to be output. Mention what happens if a line lacks enough fields or characters.
2003-05-13*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-05-13*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-05-13(true invocation): Mention that it is possible toJim Meyering
make true --help or true --version (in non-POSIX mode) exit nonzero.
2003-05-10(More details about version sort): Note that strverscmp, and henceJim Meyering
`ls -v', does not use LC_COLLATE.
2003-05-10*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-05-10(Exit status): Remove `uniq' from the list. It uses standard exit codes.Jim Meyering
2003-04-24.Jim Meyering
2003-04-23.Jim Meyering
2003-04-23Fix printf POSIX compatibility bug reported by Ben Harris inJim Meyering
<http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2003-04/msg00070.html>. (printf invocation): It's \NNN in the format, \0NNN in the %b operand.
2003-04-21*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-04-10.Jim Meyering
2003-04-10(check-texinfo): Check for uses of non-zero. I prefer to spell it `nonzero'.Jim Meyering
2003-04-10*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-04-10(readlink invocation): Tweak description a little.Jim Meyering
2003-04-05.Jim Meyering
2003-04-04*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-04-04(constants.texi): Rename target (thus enabling it),Jim Meyering
now that fileutils, textutils, and sh-utils have been merged. (MAINTAINERCLEANFILES): Define.
2003-04-02re-add it for 5.0Jim Meyering
2003-04-02*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2003-04-02(false invocation): Note that false exitsJim Meyering
unsuccessfully even with --help and --version.
2003-04-02.Jim Meyering
2003-04-02Redirect stderr to /dev/null for initial perl invocation.Jim Meyering
2003-04-02.Jim Meyering
2003-04-01*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering