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2008-06-06Add new program: truncatePádraig Brady
* AUTHORS: Register as the author * NEWS: Mention this change * README: Add truncate command to list * src/truncate.c: New command * src/Makefile.am: Add truncate command to list to build * src/.gitignore: Add truncate binary to list to ignore * doc/coreutils.texi (truncate invocation): Add truncate info * man/Makefile.am: Add truncate man page to list to build * man/truncate.x: Add truncate man page template * po/POTFILES.in: Add truncate to list to translate * tests/Makefile.am: Add truncate tests * tests/misc/help-version: Add support for new truncate command * tests/misc/truncate-dangling-symlink: check dangling link ok * tests/misc/truncate-dir-fail: ensure dirs fail * tests/misc/truncate-fail-diag: validate messages for missing paths * tests/misc/truncate-fifo: ensure fifos ignored * tests/misc/truncate-no-create-missing: ensure -c option honoured * tests/misc/truncate-overflow: check signed integer overflows * tests/misc/truncate-owned-by-other: root permissions check * tests/misc/truncate-parameters: check invalid parameter combinations * tests/misc/truncate-relative: check invalid relative sizes
2008-06-02new program: timeoutPádraig Brady
* AUTHORS: Register as the author. * NEWS: Mention this change. * README: Add timeout command to list. * src/timeout.c: New file. * src/kill.c (operand2sig): Move function to its own file, now that timeout.c will also use it. * src/operand2sig.c (operand2sig): New file, extracted from kill.c. * src/operand2sig.h (operand2sig): Declare. * src/Makefile.am (EXTRA_PROGRAMS): Add timeout. * src/.gitignore: Add timeout binary to list to ignore. * doc/coreutils.texi (timeout invocation): Add timeout info. (Signal specifications): New section, also referenced by kill. * man/Makefile.am (timeout.1): Add dependency. * man/timeout.x: New file. * po/POTFILES.in: Add timeout.c and operand2sig.c to list to translate. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add the two new tests. * tests/misc/help-version: Add support for new timeout command. * tests/misc/invalid-opt: Add support for new timeout command. * tests/misc/timeout: New file: check basic timeout operation. * tests/misc/timeout-parameters: New file: check invalid parameter combinations.
2008-06-01doc: adjust base64 documentationSimon Josefsson
* coreutils.texi (base64 invocation): Use RFC 4648 as the specification. Move the URL down a bit in the text.
2008-06-01md5sum: new option, --quiet, to suppress OK messagesErik Auerswald
sha1sum, sha224sum, sha384sum, and sha512sum accept it, too. * src/md5sum.c: add option --quiet to suppress OK messages * doc/coreutils.texi: document option --quiet * tests/misc/md5sum: add test for option --quiet * NEWS: mention new option --quiet for md5sum+sha*sum in "New features" section
2008-05-29improve description of du's--separate-dirs optionJim Meyering
* coreutils.texi (du invocation): Prompted by Volker Badziong's report in http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/13646
2008-05-15doc: some Unicode characters cannot be specified via \u or \UBruno Haible
* doc/coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Clarify invalid ranges for Unicode character escape syntax.
2008-05-09doc: improve description of "niceness" valuesBernhard Marx
* doc/coreutils.texi (nice invocation):
2008-04-19* doc/.gitignore: Add texinfo-related outputs.Jim Meyering
2008-04-14doc: fix typoJim Meyering
* coreutils.texi (sort invocation): s/Whitespace/White space/
2008-04-11doc: avoid "make pdf" failure (due to texi2dvi bug?)Jim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (filesZeroFromOption): Comment out @cindex-in-@macro use.
2008-04-11doc: use a valid texinfo macro nameJim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (filesZeroFromOption): s/0/Zero/
2008-04-06doc: factor out --files0-from duplicationJim Meyering
* coreutils.texi (wc invocation) [files0fromOption]: New macro. Use it. (du invocation): Use it here, too.
2008-04-01texinfo formatting tweaksJim Meyering
* coreutils.texi: Avoid some overfull hbox warnings. (Treating / specially): Use @file{/} rather than a bare /.
2008-04-01printf doc: xref print(3) and libc's "Output Conversion Syntax" nodeJim Meyering
* coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Add xref. Use "The GNU C Library Reference Manual" as the name of the 'libc' document consistently. * man/printf.x: Add See also: printf(3). Suggested by A. Costa in http://bugs.debian.org/465522
2008-03-10install, rmdir: write --verbose output to stdout, not to stderr.Ondřej Vašík
* src/install.c (announce_mkdir): Write verbose output to stdout, not to stderr. * src/mkdir.c (announce mkdir): Use prog_fprintf for verbose output. * src/prog-fprintf.c (prog_fprintf): New function and file. * src/prog-fprintf.h: New file. * src/rmdir.c (main): Write verbose output to stdout, not to stderr. Quote directory name in a diagnostic. * src/rmdir.c (remove_parents): Write verbose output to stdout, not to stderr. * doc/coreutils.texi: Mention that shred verbose output is to stderr. * NEWS: Mention the changes. Signed-off-by: Ondřej Vašík <ovasik@redhat.com>
2008-02-21du vs. hard links and argument order: improve documentationPaul Eggert
* doc/coreutils.texi (du invocation): Document default behavior on hard links, and why argument order matters.
2008-02-20sort: add --sort=... option.Andreas Schwab
* src/sort.c (SORT_OPTION): New enum. (sort_args, sort_types): Define. (usage, long_options, main): New option --sort. * tests/sort/Test.pm: Test it. * doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Document --sort option. * NEWS: Mention this.
2008-02-19join: new options: --check-order and --nocheck-order.James Youngman
* src/join.c: Support --check-order and --nocheck-order. New variables check_input_order, seen_unpairable and issued_disorder_warning[]. For --check-order, verify that the input files are in sorted order. For the default case, check the order only if there are unpairable lines. (join): Perform ordering checks after reaching EOF on either input. (usage): Mention --check-order and --nocheck-order. (dupline): Save a copy of the previously-read input line so that we can detect disorder on the input. (get_line): Temporarily save a copy of the previous line (by calling dupline) and check relative ordering (by calling checkorder) before returning the newly-read line. (getseq, join): Tell get_line which file we are reading from. (advance_seq): New function, factoring out some of the code commonly surrounding calls to getseq. (checkorder): New function. Verifies that a pair of consecutive input lines are in sorted order. * doc/coreutils.texi (join invocation): Document the new options --check-order and --nocheck-order. * tests/join/Test.pm (tv): Added tests for --check-order and --nocheck-order. * NEWS: Mention this new feature.
2008-02-17ls: Improve description of --group-directories-first.Dan Jacobson
* src/ls.c (usage) [--group-directories-first]: Improve description. * doc/coreutils.texi (Which files are listed): Likewise.
2008-02-13Replace groups.sh with groups.c.James Youngman
* src/groups.c (main): New file, replacing groups.sh. * src/group-list.c, src/group-list.h: New files, factored out of id.c, implementing the functionality that "id" and "groups" have in common. * src/id.c (print_full_info): Avoid a segfault when trying to print an error message if getgroups fails. (print_group_list): Move to group-list.c. (print_group): Likewise. * man/Makefile.am: When building groups.1, obtain the help text from src/groups.c, not src/groups.sh. (noinst_HEADERS): Add group-list.h. (group): Remove rule. (dist_man_MANS): Remove groups.1. * doc/coreutils.texi (groups: Print group names a user is in): Explain why "groups" and "groups $(id -un)" give different results in existing login sessions after you change the group database. (id: Print user identity): Likewise for "id". * po/POTFILES.in: Add src/group-list.c and src/groups.c. * NEWS: mention this. * AUTHORS: Update.
2008-02-07Fix a typo in description of size suffixes: s/GB/G/.Jim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (od invocation, head invocation, tail invocation): Spotted by Bert Wesarg.
2008-02-07mkdir, split: write --verbose output to stdout, not stderr.Steven Schubiger
* src/mkdir.c (verbose_output): New function. (announce_mkdir): Use it. * src/split.c (usage): Update. * src/split.c (cwrite): Write to stdout, not stderr. * doc/coreutils.texi (split invocation): Remove the mention of --verbose output being printed to stderr. * tests/mkdir/p-v: Redirect stdout, not stderr. * tests/misc/split-a: Likewise. * NEWS: Mention this change. * TODO: Remove this item.
2008-01-29Improve the description of when dd outputs its final statistics.Michael Stone
* doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Say that dd prints stats upon normal termination and upon SIGINT. Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
2008-01-26Improve a warning about non-portable "mv" usage.Jim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (mv invocation): Adjust the warning: moving a dir-symlink-specified-with-a-trailing-slash works in a surprising manner only on some systems. Reported by Tomas Pospisek in http://bugs.debian.org/343652.
2008-01-02Update copyright date.Jim Meyering
* tests/sample-test: Likewise. * doc/coreutils.texi: Likewise. Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
2007-12-31Add a syntax check, so this doesn't recur. Reorganize existing checks.Jim Meyering
* doc/Makefile.am (sc-exponent-grouping): (syntax_checks): New variable. (sc-avoid-io, sc-avoid-non-zero, sc-avoid-timezone): (sc-avoid-zeroes, sc-use-small-caps-NUL): New rules, extracted from check-texinfo. (check-texinfo): Depend on $(syntax_checks).
2007-12-31doc: Put braces around multi-digit exponents.Jim Meyering
Reported by Darrel Francis.
2007-12-21doc/coreutils.texi: Fix a typo. Avoid the term `relationals'.Ralf Wildenhues
2007-11-25Document install's -D option.Jim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (install invocation): Document -D. Reported by Akim Demialle.
2007-11-22cp: by default, refuse to copy through a dangling destination symlinkJim Meyering
* NEWS: Mention this change. * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Describe the new behavior. * src/copy.c: No longer include "canonicalize.h". (copy_reg): Upon failure to open a dangling destination symlink, don't canonicalize the name, but rather fail (default) or, with POSIXLY_CORRECT, repeat the open call without O_EXCL (potentially dangerous). * src/copy.h (struct cp_options) [open_dangling_dest_symlink]: New member. Reorder the others, grouping "bool" and "enum" members together. * tests/cp/thru-dangling: Test for changed and new behavior. * src/cp.c (cp_option_init): Initialize new member. * src/install.c (cp_option_init): Likewise. * src/mv.c (cp_option_init): Likewise. Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
2007-11-21Improve the descriptions of the split command options.Pádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (split invocation):
2007-11-13Likewise for description of cp -a in doc/coreutils.texi: s/-dpPR/-dpR/.Benno Schulenberg
2007-11-01Add example inspired by "make dist" running gzip and lzma in sequence.Jim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (tee invocation): Show how to run tar just once, compressing the tee'd output streams in parallel.
2007-11-01Say that the first process substitution example is contrived.Jim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (tee invocation): ... and show how to do it properly. Pointed out by James Antill.
2007-10-20* doc/coreutils.texi: Add a cross-reference to bashref's Process ↵Jim Meyering
Substitution node.
2007-10-20* doc/coreutils.texi (tee invocation): Fix typo. Add a little.Jim Meyering
2007-10-16Show how to make tee redirect to multiple processes.Jim Meyering
2007-10-05List two systems on which chroot works when run by non-root.Jim Meyering
2007-09-27Make "Date input formats" easier to find in info filePádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (date invocation): `man date` gives all options for the date command except the description of the date input formats. Therefore it should be easy to browse to this info using `info date`. Signed-off-by: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
2007-09-19Fix typo in previous change.Jim Meyering
Spotted by Andreas Schwab.
2007-09-19* coreutils.texi (expr invocation): Correct description of relativeJim Meyering
operator precedence. Reported by hanpingtian@gmail.com.
2007-08-26Avoid case-insensitive clash in one-page-per-node html docs.Eric Blake
* coreutils.texi (Concept index): Rename from Index.
2007-08-25Remove all .cvsignore files from version control.Jim Meyering
2007-08-21Clarify touch documentation of file arguments.Bob Proulx
* src/touch.c (usage): Improve wording of documentation regarding file argument handling and special handling of - argument. * doc/coreutils.texi (touch invocation): Likewise. Documentation problem reported by Vincent Lefevre.
2007-07-23Update all copyright notices to use the newer form.Jim Meyering
2007-07-15* coreutils.texi: Revise node structure per new fdl.texi.Jim Meyering
2007-07-10New program: archKarel Zak
* NEWS: Mention arch. * README: Add arch to the list of programs. * AUTHORS: Add arch. * src/uname.c: Include "uname.h". (PROGRAM_NAME): Handle arch, too. (ARCH_AUTHORS): Define. (uname_long_options, arch_long_options): Renamed and new globals. (usage): Handle arch-mode as well as uname-mode. (decode_switches): New function, extracted from main, to handle arch-mode as well as uname-mode. (main): Handle both modes. * src/uname-arch.c: New program, alias for "uname -m". * src/uname-uname.c: New file, default uname mode. * src/uname.h: New file, uname modes. * src/Makefile.am (EXTRA_PROGRAMS): Add arch. (uname_SOURCES, arch_SOURCES): Define. * man/arch.x: New file. * man/Makefile.am (dist_man_MANS): Add arch.1. (arch.1): New dependency. * tests/misc/arch: New test, compare "arch" with "uname -m" * configure.ac (OPTIONAL_BIN_PROGS): Add arch. (MAN): Add arch.1. * .x-sc_require_config_h: Exempt uname-arch.c and uname-uname.c from the always-include-<config.h> rule. Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
2007-07-10Change "version 2" to "version 3" in all copyright notices.Jim Meyering
2007-07-04pr -F no longer suppresses the footer or the first two blank header linesPaul Eggert
Here's a patch along the lines of <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/10849/focus=10857>. It's a bit large since it changes the test cases to match the behavior, and the test cases' file names depend on the behavior! * NEWS: pr -F no longer suppresses the footer or the first two blank lines in the header. * doc/coreutils.texi (pr invocation): Likewise. Also, a too-short page length implies -t, not -T. * src/pr.c (lines_per_header, lines_per_footer): Now constants. (init_parameters): Don't try to change them. (print_header): Use the same header and footer format regardless of wither form feeds are being used. (usage): Adjust to above change when describing too-short page length. Too-short page length impliesy -t, not -T. * tests/pr/2-S_f-t_notab: Adjust to the fact that -F now affects only formfeed handling; it does not change the header. * tests/pr/2-Sf-t_notab: Likewise. ... * tests/pr/3-5l17f-t: Remove, since it's been renamed to another file whose name has a line count 7 larger, reflecting the new line count needed for this behavior. * tests/pr/3a3l8f-t: Likewise. ... * tests/pr/w72l24f-ll: Likewise. Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
2007-06-23seq no longer mishandles cases like "seq 0 0.000001 0.000003",Paul Eggert
where it would not print the desired last number. * doc/coreutils.texi (seq invocation): Remove advice about workaround for seq off-by-one problem, since the bug is fixed now. Replace it with more-generic advice about rounding errors. * src/seq.c (long_double_format, print_numbers): New arg NUMERIC_FORMAT. All uses changed.
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