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2004-03-24.Jim Meyering
2004-03-24Use @sc{nul} consistently for NUL.Jim Meyering
(du invocation): FILE0 -> FILE.
2004-03-24*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-03-24(check-texinfo): Add a check to ensure futureJim Meyering
consistency in using @sc{nul}, not `NUL'.
2004-03-23*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-03-23(du invocation): --files0-from is useful withJim Meyering
--total (-c), not with --summarize.
2004-03-22*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-03-22Tweak a few lines that resulted in `overfull hbox' warnings.Jim Meyering
2004-03-21*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-03-21(du invocation): Document new option: --file0-from=F.Jim Meyering
2004-03-17*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-03-17(General date syntax, Time of day items): Likewise.Jim Meyering
Add copyright notice. Change getdate to get_date when talking about the function name. (Seconds since the Epoch): New section, containing the time_t info moved from Date input formats section, along with new info about the @ syntax. Mention negative time stamps, fractional time stamps, and leap seconds. (General date syntax): Modernize examples a bit to reflect new features. (General date syntax, Relative items in date strings): Use ' rather than " to quote formats. (Time of day items): Add an example with fractional seconds. Describe fractional-second syntax.
2004-03-17(touch invocation):Jim Meyering
Describe use of fractional seconds. (date invocation, Options for date): Likewise. (date invocation): Mention effect of LC_TIME. (Options for date): Describe new --iso-8601=ns option.
2004-03-15*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-03-15(date invocation): Add missing `C' to %[...] rangeJim Meyering
in the `Date directives:: ...' menu entry. From Bob Proulx.
2004-03-15*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-03-15Add FIXME comment:Jim Meyering
The following don't have `invocation' nodes: [, pinky, shasum, uptime
2004-03-11.Jim Meyering
2004-03-10*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-03-10(Sorting the output): Remove description ofJim Meyering
ls's --sort=directory option. ls doesn't accept that option, yet.
2004-03-10*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-03-10(cp invocation): Improve description of cp's --sparse=WHEN option.Jim Meyering
2004-03-10*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-03-10(nl invocation): Specify that these are _basic_Jim Meyering
regular expressions (BRE), and add a link to grep's documentation.
2004-03-03*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-03-03(chown invocation): Document that chown now fallsJim Meyering
back on USER.GROUP parsing regardless of POSIX version, as POSIX 1003.1-2001 allows that behavior as a compatible extension.
2004-03-02.Jim Meyering
2004-02-22tweak wording of last changeJim Meyering
2004-02-22*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-02-22(du invocation): Mention that using du's -H option currently evokes a warning.Jim Meyering
2004-02-21*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-02-21(expr invocation):Jim Meyering
Document what forms integers may take, and say "integer" consistently instead of "number". Warn about operands that "expr" can misinterpret, and how to work around the problem.
2004-02-17*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-02-17(csplit invocation): Correct typo s/LINE/N/Jim Meyering
in description of `N' pattern.
2004-02-11(Formatting the file names):Jim Meyering
Improve wording for --quoting-style documentation. Suggestions by Bruno Haible.
2004-02-11revert unrelated (ls --quoting-style) part of last changeJim Meyering
2004-02-11*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-02-11*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-02-11(Time directives): The %s value *is* changed by theJim Meyering
--date=DATE option; don't say otherwise. Patch from Padraig Brady.
2004-02-09Hyphenate `three-column' when used as an adjective.Jim Meyering
2004-02-02.Jim Meyering
2004-02-02*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-02-02(nice invocation): Add examples.Jim Meyering
Prompted by suggestion from Dan Jacobson. (factor invocation): Add an example. Update timing numbers for a more modern CPU.
2004-01-27.Jim Meyering
2004-01-27*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-01-27 Separate `Synopses' section into three examples.Jim Meyering
Clarify first paragraph. @w{}-protect an expression.1 Use @option{--option}, rather than @code{--option}.
2004-01-27*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-01-27(seq invocation): Remove `@dots{}' at end of synopsis.Jim Meyering
2004-01-22*** empty log message ***Jim Meyering
2004-01-22(Exit status): Document that ordinary failureJim Meyering
might not exit with status 1 on unusual platforms. Mention chroot, env, nice, and su as having unusual exit status patterns. Don't bother to mention true and false since their exit status patterns are actually normal. (sort invocation, su invocation): Mention its unusual exit status pattern. (chroot invocation): Simplify description of exit status 1. Remove duplicate description of status 127. (env invocation): Use consistent tenses; simplifiy description of status 1. (nice invocation): Likewise.