From a05a326b0cd7c4146e60ea4d66440d4a28dfb41a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pádraig Brady Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:54:12 +0000 Subject: readlink: support multiple command line arguments This allows efficient processing of multiple files, while also increasing compatibility with BSD's readlink(1). We also add the -z, --zero option to delimit output items with the NUL character which disambiguates output in the presence of '\n' characters. * src/readlink.c (usage): Add the --zero description, and also adjust the description of --no-newline accordingly. (main): Handle the -z option and iterate over multiple arguments. Also as in commit v8.15-24-g9d46b25 we use fputs() and putchar() rather than printf() for performance reasons. * doc/coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Document the new --zero option, adjust the --no-newline description, and tweak the general info to indicate multiple files are supported. * tests/readlink/multi.sh: A new test for the new functionality. * tests/local.mk: Reference the new test. * man/readlink.x: Adjust the summary and also reference realpath. * NEWS: Mention the improvement. * THANKS.in: Suggested by Aaron Davies. --- NEWS | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1ee2c17a8..e4472dfac 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ** Improvements + readlink now supports multiple arguments, and a complementary + -z, --zero option to delimit output items with the NUL character. + stat and tail now know about CEPH. stat -f --format=%T now reports the file system type, and tail -f uses polling for files on CEPH file systems. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2