From 77ea441f79aa115f79b47d9c1fc9c0004c5c7111 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pádraig Brady Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:30:23 +0000 Subject: realpath: a new program to print the resolved path This program is compatible with other realpath(1) implementations, and also incorporates relpath like support, through the --relative options. The relpath support was suggested by Peng Yu, who also provided an initial implemenation of that functionality. * AUTHORS: Add my name. * NEWS: Mention the new command. * README: Likewise. * doc/coreutils.texi (realpath invocation): Add realpath info. * man/Makefile.am (realpath.1): Add dependency. * man/realpath.x: New template. * man/.gitignore: Ignore generated man page. * po/POTFILES.in: Add src/realpath.c. * src/.gitignore: Exclude realpath. * src/Makefile.am (EXTRA_PROGRAMS): Add realpath. * src/realpath.c: New file. * scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg: Add realpath to the list of prefixes. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add misc/realpath. * tests/misc/realpath: New file. --- NEWS | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 32c8eab3b..78a90b672 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- argument, tail -f prints a warning with the FS type magic number and a request to report it to the bug-reporting address. +** New programs + + realpath: print resolved file names. + * Noteworthy changes in release 8.14 (2011-10-12) [stable] -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2