From 3e9f3d275596ecf3731409053af302d7c89d3fad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:24:52 +0000 Subject: Describe SUSv2 etc. tail fixes. --- NEWS | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ab072c374..7607e5131 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -101,10 +101,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- "tail -f" no longer mishandles pipes and fifos. With no operands, tail now ignores -f if standard input is a pipe, as POSIX requires. - When conforming to POSIX 1003.2-1992, tail now handles some obscure - cases more correctly, e.g., "tail +cl file" now reads the file "+cl" - rather than reporting an error, and "tail - file" no longer reads - standard input. + When conforming to POSIX 1003.2-1992, tail now supports the SUSv2 b + modifier (e.g., "tail -10b file") and it handles some obscure cases + more correctly, e.g., "tail +cl" now reads the file "+cl" rather + than reporting an error, "tail -c file" no longer reports an error, + and "tail - file" no longer reads standard input. tee now exits when it gets a SIGPIPE signal, as POSIX requires. To get tee's old behavior, use the shell command "(trap '' PIPE; tee)". -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2