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2004-11-16doc patches inspired by Debian coreutils 5.2.1-2.Paul Eggert
2004-11-16(General output formatting): -x doesn't havePaul Eggert
an operand. (Formatting the file names): Warn that even with -N unprintable chars are still printed as '?' some times. (rm invocation): Reword rm -d to note that it's sometimes useful on non-directories. (logname invocation, users invocation, who invocation): The utmp and wtmp file names vary from system to system.
2004-11-16* getdate.texi (General date syntax): "next" is 1, not 2.Paul Eggert
2004-11-16(General date syntax): "next" is 1, not 2.Paul Eggert
Document that "second" isn't allowed as an ordinal number.
2004-11-16* coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Reword the new dd message.Paul Eggert
2004-11-16(dd invocation): Reword the new dd message.Paul Eggert
2004-11-15dd now outputs total bytes, seconds, and bytes per second.Paul Eggert
2004-11-15(dd invocation): dd now outputs total bytes,Paul Eggert
seconds, and bytes per second.
2004-11-14.Jim Meyering
2004-11-06.Jim Meyering
2004-11-04Regenerate.Paul Eggert
2004-11-03* Makefile.am (_W, W_): New macros.Paul Eggert
2004-11-03(_W, W_): New macros.Paul Eggert
(check-texinfo): Use them instead of assuming grep -w (which is not portable). Problem reported by Albert Chin.
2004-11-03Regenerate.Paul Eggert
2004-10-29Sync from gnulib (for getdate changes).Paul Eggert
2004-10-29Sync from gnulib.Paul Eggert
2004-10-29Document TZ better, and adjust to new getdate.texi.Paul Eggert
(Top): Update menu. (pr invocation, Formatting file timestamps, touch invocation, stat invocation, who invocation, date invocation, Options for date): Mention TZ.
2004-10-28* coreutils.texi (Standards conformance): Use "head -10" ratherPaul Eggert
than "head -1".
2004-10-28(Standards conformance): Use "head -10" rather than "head -1" asPaul Eggert
example of obsolete usage, since the POSIX consensus is that "head -1" could be supported even if we don't yet have clear consensus on "head -10". See today's revision to the SUS FAQ <http://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/single_unix_faq.html>.
2004-10-25* coreutils.texi (pathchk invocation): Options must precede operands.Paul Eggert
2004-10-25(pathchk invocation): Options must precede operands.Paul Eggert
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.
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