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2006-03-06(dd invocation): New flags directory, nolinks.Paul Eggert
Alphabetize nofollow.
2006-02-27*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2006-02-27Add base64 section.Jim Meyering
2006-02-21(join invocation): Mention `sort -k 1b,1'.Paul Eggert
2006-02-20*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2006-02-20(rm invocation): Fix typo in last patch.Jim Meyering
(paste invocation): Fix whitespace.
2006-02-20*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2006-02-20(rm invocation): Document new -I option, and new --interactive behavior.Jim Meyering
2006-02-20.Jim Meyering
2006-02-12*** empty log message ***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.
2006-01-12.Jim Meyering
2006-01-04.Jim Meyering
2006-01-03(General date syntax): Invalid dates are rejected.Paul Eggert
(Time of day items): Mention the possibility of leap seconds. Problem reported by Dr. David Alan Gilbert.
2006-01-03Explain date %g, %G a bit better.Paul Eggert
2006-01-03Use @acronym around "ISO" uniformly.Paul Eggert
(Date conversion specifiers): Explain %g, %G, and %V a bit better.
2006-01-02*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2006-01-02(tail invocation): Say that --retryJim Meyering
is useful `mainly' (not `only') when following by name.
2006-01-02Fix typo in previous change.Paul Eggert
2006-01-02New approach to safer chmod.Paul Eggert
2006-01-02Clarify file mode bits versus file permission bits.Paul Eggert
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
2005-12-29(sort invocation): Clarify that a blank is a spacePaul Eggert
or a tab.
2005-12-21.Jim Meyering
2005-12-17*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2005-12-17(stat invocation) [--printf]: Describe new option.Jim Meyering
[--format]: Add example. Distinguish from --printf. Sort option descriptions.
2005-12-17.Jim Meyering
2005-12-17*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2005-12-17(ls): Clarify the Alternate Access Method description.Jim Meyering
(cp): Clarify that --preserve=mode also preserves acls.
2005-12-15.Jim Meyering
2005-12-12(sort invocation): Clarify explanation ofPaul Eggert
--random-sort, and use a simpler example.
2005-12-12Clarify sort -R.Paul Eggert
2005-12-10Add sort -R.Paul Eggert
2005-12-10(sort invocation): Add --random-sort (-R) and --seed.Paul Eggert
2005-12-07* coreutils.texi (dd invocation): New noatime flag.Paul Eggert
2005-12-07(dd invocation): New noatime flag.Paul Eggert
2005-12-03.Jim Meyering
2005-11-26Log today's changes.Paul Eggert
2005-11-26(df invocation): Document treatment of dummy filePaul Eggert
systems better.
2005-11-22.Jim Meyering
2005-11-16(tail invocation): Say that the obsolete form uses exactly onePaul Eggert
option and at most one file.
2005-11-16Improve quality of ln's diagnostics.Paul Eggert
2005-11-16(ln invocation): ln -v now outputs lines only for successful links.Paul Eggert
2005-11-13(Mode Structure): Capitalize two sentences in anJim Meyering
enumerated list and fix a typo. From Aaron Hawley.
2005-11-13*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering