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2009-03-11cat: Fix immediate output of processed dataPádraig Brady
Introduced by commit 790892db, 2006-06-08 "Ensure that cat works ...". * NEWS: Mention the bugfix. * src/cat.c (cat): Fix the typo which stopped the writing of processed data before a blocking read() is done. * tests/misc/cat-buf: Add to ensure processed data is not buffered. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test.
2009-03-11cat,cp,mv,install,split: Set the minimum IO block size used to 32KiBPádraig Brady
This is following on from this change: [02c3dc9d 2008-03-06 cat: use larger buffer sizes ...] which increased the IO block size used by cat by 8 times, but also capped it at 32KiB. * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior. * src/system.h: Add a new io_blksize() function that returns the max of ST_BLKSIZE or 32KiB, as this was seen as a good value for a minimum block size to use to get good performance while minimizing system call overhead. * src/cat.c: Use it. * src/copy.c: ditto * src/split.c: ditto
2009-03-06cat: use larger buffer sizes to reduce read/write-syscall overheadJim Meyering
* src/cat.c (max): Remove definition. Use MAX from system.h instead. (compute_buffer_size): New function to compute the input and output buffer sizes, which are now set at 8 times st_blksize with a maximum of 32KiB. Previously the typical block sizes used were 1KiB for pipes and 4KiB for files, and now will be 8KiB and 32KiB respectively. (main): Use it. This change can double throughput on modern systems. For timings, see http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs/16040 Suggestion from Tzvi Rotshtein.
2008-11-10use xfreopen in place of unchecked freopenJim Meyering
* bootstrap.conf (modules): Add xfreopen. * src/cat.c (main): Include "xfreopen.h". Use xfreopen. * src/cksum.c (cksum): Likewise. * src/head.c (head_file, main): Likewise. * src/md5sum.c (digest_file): Likewise. * src/od.c (open_next_file): Likewise. * src/split.c (type_undef): Likewise. * src/sum.c (bsd_sum_file, sysv_sum_file): Likewise. * src/tac.c (tac_file, main): Likewise. * src/tail.c (tail_file, main): Likewise. * src/tee.c (tee_files): Likewise. * src/tr.c (main): Likewise. * src/wc.c (wc_file): Likewise. * po/POTFILES.in: Add lib/xfreopen.c
2008-06-28doc: add "..." to Usage, to indicate there may be multiple OPTIONsJim Meyering
* src/base64.c (usage): Likewise. * src/cat.c (usage): Likewise. * src/md5sum.c (usage): Likewise. * src/mkdir.c (usage): Likewise. * src/mkfifo.c (usage): Likewise. * src/split.c (usage): Likewise. * src/stat.c (usage): Likewise. Heiko Marr reported the problem with mkdir.
2008-06-16remove redundant const directivesJim Meyering
In 1463824d8e7f72c31f1d803d7cfe2b608ccafc5c, I added some missing "const" directives, as well as some new, redundant ones. This removes the redundant ones. Pointed out by Eric Blake. * base64.c, cat.c, chcon.c, chgrp.c, chmod.c, chown.c, comm.c: * cp.c, csplit.c, cut.c, date.c, dd.c, df.c, dircolors.c, du.c: * env.c, expand.c, fmt.c, fold.c, groups.c, head.c, id.c: * install.c, join.c, kill.c, ln.c, ls.c, md5sum.c, mkdir.c: * mkfifo.c, mknod.c, mktemp.c, mv.c, nice.c, nl.c, od.c: * paste.c, pathchk.c, pinky.c, pr.c, ptx.c, readlink.c, rm.c: * rmdir.c, runcon.c, seq.c, shred.c, shuf.c, sort.c, split.c: * stat.c, stty.c, su.c, sum.c, tac.c, tail.c, tee.c, timeout.c: * touch.c, tr.c, truncate.c, tty.c, uname.c, unexpand.c, uniq.c: * wc.c, who.c: Remove redundant const directives. * maint.mk (sc_const_long_option): Don't require redundant "const".
2008-06-14add "const" attribute, where possibleJim Meyering
* maint.mk (sc_const_long_option): New rule. Enforce global change. * src/base64.c (long_options): Use "const" where possible. * src/cat.c (main): Likewise. * src/chcon.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/chgrp.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/chmod.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/chown.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/comm.c (long_options, OUTPUT_DELIMITER_OPTION): Likewise. * src/cp.c (long_opts): Likewise. * src/csplit.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/cut.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/date.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/dd.c (conversions, flags, statuses): Likewise. * src/df.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/dircolors.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/du.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/env.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/expand.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/fmt.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/fold.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/groups.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/head.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/id.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/install.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/join.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/kill.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/ln.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/ls.c (long_time_format, long_options, sort_functions): Likewise. * src/md5sum.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/mkdir.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/mkfifo.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/mknod.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/mktemp.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/mv.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/nice.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/nl.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/od.c (charname, long_options): Likewise. * src/paste.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/pathchk.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/pinky.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/pr.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/ptx.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/readlink.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/rm.c (long_opts): Likewise. * src/rmdir.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/runcon.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/seq.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/shred.c (long_opts): Likewise. * src/shuf.c (long_opts): Likewise. * src/sort.c (monthtab, long_options): Likewise. * src/split.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/stat.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/stty.c (mode_info, control_info, longopts, set_mode) Likewise. (set_control_char, speeds): Likewise. * src/su.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/sum.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/tac.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/tail.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/tee.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/timeout.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/touch.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/tr.c (long_options): Likewise. * src/truncate.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/tty.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/uname.c (uname_long_options, arch_long_options): Likewise. * src/unexpand.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/uniq.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/wc.c (longopts): Likewise. * src/who.c (longopts): Likewise.
2008-06-03use gnulib's progname moduleJim Meyering
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add progname. * src/*.c (program_name): Remove declaration. * (main): Call set_program_name rather than setting program_name. * src/nice.c (main): Cast program_name to "(char *)". * src/prog-fprintf.c: Include "system.h" * src/system.h: Include "progname.h". * maint.mk (sc_program_name): Adjust rule. Suggestion from Eric Blake.
2008-06-02declare program_name consistentlyJim Meyering
* src/base64.c: Likewise. * src/basename.c: Likewise. * src/cat.c: Likewise. * src/chcon.c: Likewise. * src/chgrp.c: Likewise. * src/chmod.c: Likewise. * src/chown.c: Likewise. * src/chroot.c: Likewise. * src/cksum.c: Likewise. * src/comm.c: Likewise. * src/cp.c: Likewise. * src/csplit.c: Likewise. * src/cut.c: Likewise. * src/date.c: Likewise. * src/dd.c: Likewise. * src/df.c: Likewise. * src/dircolors.c: Likewise. * src/dirname.c: Likewise. * src/du.c: Likewise. * src/echo.c: Likewise. * src/env.c: Likewise. * src/expand.c: Likewise. * src/expr.c: Likewise. * src/factor.c: Likewise. * src/fmt.c: Likewise. * src/fold.c: Likewise. * src/groups.c: Likewise. * src/head.c: Likewise. * src/hostid.c: Likewise. * src/hostname.c: Likewise. * src/id.c: Likewise. * src/install.c: Likewise. * src/join.c: Likewise. * src/kill.c: Likewise. * src/link.c: Likewise. * src/ln.c: Likewise. * src/logname.c: Likewise. * src/ls.c: Likewise. * src/md5sum.c: Likewise. * src/mkdir.c: Likewise. * src/mkfifo.c: Likewise. * src/mknod.c: Likewise. * src/mktemp.c: Likewise. * src/mv.c: Likewise. * src/nice.c: Likewise. * src/nl.c: Likewise. * src/nohup.c: Likewise. * src/od.c: Likewise. * src/paste.c: Likewise. * src/pathchk.c: Likewise. * src/pinky.c: Likewise. * src/pr.c: Likewise. * src/printenv.c: Likewise. * src/printf.c: Likewise. * src/ptx.c: Likewise. * src/pwd.c: Likewise. * src/readlink.c: Likewise. * src/rm.c: Likewise. * src/rmdir.c: Likewise. * src/runcon.c: Likewise. * src/seq.c: Likewise. * src/setuidgid.c: Likewise. * src/shuf.c: Likewise. * src/sleep.c: Likewise. * src/sort.c: Likewise. * src/split.c: Likewise. * src/stat.c: Likewise. * src/stty.c: Likewise. * src/su.c: Likewise. * src/sum.c: Likewise. * src/sync.c: Likewise. * src/tac.c: Likewise. * src/tail.c: Likewise. * src/tee.c: Likewise. * src/test.c: Likewise. * src/timeout.c: Likewise. * src/touch.c: Likewise. * src/tr.c: Likewise. * src/true.c: Likewise. * src/tsort.c: Likewise. * src/tty.c: Likewise. * src/uname.c: Likewise. * src/unexpand.c: Likewise. * src/uniq.c: Likewise. * src/unlink.c: Likewise. * src/uptime.c: Likewise. * src/users.c: Likewise. * src/wc.c: Likewise. * src/who.c: Likewise. * src/whoami.c: Likewise. * src/yes.c: Likewise.
2008-05-26convert the rest to use proper_name -- manuallyJim Meyering
* src/base64.c (AUTHORS): Rename from AUTHOR, for consistency.
2008-05-26use gnulib's proper_name_utf8 function, but *not* proper_nameJim Meyering
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add propername. (XGETTEXT_OPTIONS): Add options to tell xgettext about the functions. * src/cat.c, src/cp.c, src/df.c, src/du.c, src/split.c: Mark Torbjörn Granlund's name. * src/ptx.c: Mark François Pinard's name. Use "TRANSLATORS:" comment marker, rather than "Note to translators:". * src/system.h: Include propername.h. (proper_name): Define away. * src/Makefile.am (cat_LDADD, df_LDADD, du_LDADD, ptx_LDADD, split_LDADD): Initialize, so we can... (cat_LDADD, cp_LDADD, df_LDADD, du_LDADD, ptx_LDADD, split_LDADD): ...Use "+=" to append $(LIBICONV) for each program that uses proper_name_utf8.
2007-12-04Reflect change in gnulib: don't include getpagesize.h,Jim Meyering
now that it's provided by unistd.h. * src/cat.c: Don't include getpagesize.h. * src/copy.c: Likewise. * src/dd.c: Likewise. * src/shred.c: Likewise. * src/split.c: Likewise.
2007-07-23Update all copyright notices to use the newer form.Jim Meyering
2007-07-10Change "version 2" to "version 3" in all copyright notices.Jim Meyering
2007-06-15Clarify what "cat" documentation means by "blank" lines.Paul Eggert
* doc/coreutils.texi (cat invocation): "Blank" lines actually mean empty lines. * src/cat.c (usage): Say that "nonblank" means nonempty. Clarify --squeeze-blank.
2007-03-28Help translators include translation team's web or email address.Jim Meyering
* src/system.h (emit_bug_reporting_address): New function. * src/base64.c: Use it rather than a literal printf. * src/basename.c, src/cat.c, src/chgrp.c, src/chmod.c: * src/chown.c, src/chroot.c, src/cksum.c, src/comm.c, src/cp.c: * src/csplit.c, src/cut.c, src/date.c, src/dd.c, src/df.c: * src/dircolors.c, src/dirname.c, src/du.c, src/echo.c, src/env.c: * src/expand.c, src/expr.c, src/factor.c, src/fmt.c, src/fold.c: * src/head.c, src/hostid.c, src/hostname.c, src/id.c, src/install.c: * src/join.c, src/kill.c, src/link.c, src/ln.c, src/logname.c: * src/ls.c, src/md5sum.c, src/mkdir.c, src/mkfifo.c, src/mknod.c: * src/mv.c, src/nice.c, src/nl.c, src/nohup.c, src/od.c: * src/paste.c, src/pathchk.c, src/pinky.c, src/pr.c, src/printenv.c: * src/printf.c, src/ptx.c, src/pwd.c, src/readlink.c, src/rm.c: * src/rmdir.c, src/seq.c, src/setuidgid.c, src/shred.c, src/shuf.c: * src/sleep.c, src/sort.c, src/split.c, src/stat.c, src/stty.c: * src/su.c, src/sum.c, src/sync.c, src/system.h, src/tac.c: * src/tail.c, src/tee.c, src/test.c, src/touch.c, src/tr.c: * src/true.c, src/tsort.c, src/tty.c, src/uname.c, src/unexpand.c: * src/uniq.c, src/unlink.c, src/uptime.c, src/users.c, src/wc.c: * src/who.c, src/whoami.c, src/yes.c: Likewise.
2006-10-25* src/cat.c (infile): Add "const" to declaration.Jim Meyering
* src/csplit.c (prefix): Likewise. * src/printf.c (cfcc_msg): Likewise. * src/tail.c (valid_file_spec): Likewise. * src/cut.c (cut_file): Likewise, for a parameter. * src/expr.c (str_value): Likewise. * src/fold.c (fold_file): Likewise. * src/pr.c (init_header): Likewise. * src/dircolors.c (dc_parse_stream): Likewise, for a local. * src/tr.c (make_printable_str): Likewise. * src/nl.c (body_type, header_type, footer_type, current_type): (separator_str, build_type_arg, nl_file): Likewise, for many. * src/paste.c (main): Don't assign a read-only string to 'optarg'. * src/tac.c (separator, tac_seekable, copy_to_temp): Likewise.
2006-06-08Ensure that cat works with any of the options, -A -v -e -E -T,Jim Meyering
when applied to files in /proc and /sys, even when the FIONREAD ioctl produces nonsensical results. Before this change, cat would produce no output (or truncated output), for some linux kernels. * src/cat.c (write_pending): New function, factored out of cat. (cat): Also interpret a negative ioctl/FIONREAD count as indicating that there are bytes to read. Some versions of linux-2.6.16 do that. Write any pending output before returning. Reported by Dan Jacobson in <http://bugs.debian.org/370583>. * NEWS: Mention this bug fix. * tests/misc/cat-proc: New file. Test for the above. * tests/misc/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add cat-proc.
2005-12-14Undo previous change.Paul Eggert
2005-12-14(main): Check for close (STDOUT_FILENO) failure.Paul Eggert
2005-07-11(usage, main, long_options) [O_BINARY]:Paul Eggert
Remove support for -B. Use same rules as other programs to decide whether to use binary I/O, except that the -bensAE options always select text mode. (main): Avoid setmode; use POSIX-specified routines instead.
2005-07-09Use only HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H to decide whether to include sys/ioctl.h.Paul Eggert
2005-07-08Include stropt.h if available.Paul Eggert
Use HAVE_FIONREAD_IN_SYS_IOCTL instead of _POSIX_SOURCE to decide whether to include <sys/ioctl.h>.
2005-06-16Don't embed `this'-style quotes in format strings.Jim Meyering
Include "quote.h". Rather than this: error (..., "...`%s'...", arg); do this: error (..., "...%s...", quote (arg));
2005-05-14Update FSF postal mail address.Jim Meyering
2005-05-14Update FSF postal mail address.Jim Meyering
2005-04-09(close_stdout_wrapper): Likewise.Jim Meyering
Don't close STDOUT_FILENO explicitly; close_stdout does it.
2005-04-05(usage): Add examples.Paul Eggert
2004-09-21Remove unused "case 0".Paul Eggert
2004-07-29(exit_status): Remove. Now done by passing a booleanPaul Eggert
'ok' flag around. (simple_cat, cat): Return true if successful. All callers changed. (simple_cat, cat, main): Use bool for booleans. (simple_cat): Use size_t for sizes. (cat, main): Use the same names for parameters that we use for long options, to avoid confusion. This inverts the sense of the show_tabs (formerly output_tabs) and number_nonblank (formerly numbers_at_empty_lines) variables. (main): Don't mess up (due to integer overflow) if we are given INT_MAX - INT_MIN + 1 options. [O_BINARY]: Don't invoke isatty unless the other options require it. (main): When deciding whether to use simple_cat, don't worry about binary option; it's irrelevant.
2004-06-30Use "file system" rather than "filesystem" in comments.Jim Meyering
2004-04-15Include getpagesize.h.Jim Meyering
(main): Align I/O buffers to page boundaries.
2004-01-21(usage): Use EXIT_SUCCESS, not 0, for clarity.Jim Meyering
(usage): Don't bother normalizing exit status since the arg is already the correct exit status now.
2003-10-18Most .c files (AUTHORS): Revert the WRITTEN_BY/AUTHORS changeJim Meyering
of 2003-09-19. Now, AUTHORS is a comma-separated list of strings. Update the call to parse_long_options so that `AUTHORS, NULL' are the last parameters. * src/true.c (main): Append NULL to version_etc argument list. * src/sys2.h (case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR): Likewise.
2003-09-18(WRITTEN_BY): Rename from AUTHORS.Jim Meyering
Begin each WRITTEN_BY string with `Written by ' and end it with `.'. Mark each WRITTEN_BY string as translatable.
2003-09-18revert previous changeJim Meyering
2003-09-18Update AUTHORS definition to be a comma-separated list of strings and/or updateJim Meyering
the call to parse_long_options so that `AUTHORS, NULL' are the last parameters.
2003-07-23Don't include headers already included by system.h:Jim Meyering
Don't include closeout.h.
2003-06-17(main): Call initialize_main.Jim Meyering
2003-06-16(cat): Remove `#ifndef ENOSYS', now that it'sJim Meyering
guaranteed to be defined.
2002-10-08(cat): Don't advance the write pointer past the end of the write buffer.Jim Meyering
2002-10-06(simple_cat, cat): Adapt to new safe_read ABI.Jim Meyering
2002-09-29(simple_cat): Use a temporary to avoid bogus warnings.Jim Meyering
(cat): Declare insize and outsize to be of type size_t, not int. Rearrange pointer/integer expressions to avoid bogus warnings. (main): Declare insize and outsize to be of type size_t, not int.
2002-08-26(close_stdout_wrapper): New, kludgey, function and file-scoped global.Jim Meyering
(main): Register it with atexit. Close STDOUT_FILENO, to avoid a problem when writing to /dev/audio on at least Solaris 2.7 and 2.8 systems.
2002-08-25(main): Close STDIN_FILENO rather than a literal `0'.Jim Meyering
2002-07-02(usage): Use the PACKAGE_BUGREPORT e-mail address, rather than hard-coding it.Jim Meyering
2002-02-23(simple_cat, cat, main): Used char * rather thanJim Meyering
unsigned char *, to avoid some technical violations of the C standard, and to avoid the need for casts. I guess the unsigned char * was probably there for improved performance with ancient compilers, but the code wasn't using the unsignedness any more. Reported by Nelson H. F. Beebe. (cat): int -> size_t for full_write arg. This doesn't fix any bugs since the buffer size is small, but it makes the code a bit clearer.
2001-12-01Reflect renaming to, and new usage of these macros:Jim Meyering
HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION and VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION.
2001-12-01(usage): Use new macros, EMIT_HELP_DESCRIPTION and EMIT_VERSION_DESCRIPTIONJim Meyering
instead of hard-coding --help and --version descriptions.
2001-11-26(cat): Don't test whether the full_write return value (of type size_t)Jim Meyering
is less than 0. Reported by Nelson H. F. Beebe, as a warning from Irix 6.5's C compiler.