1 2006-12-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
3 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Improve the documentation
4 for bs, ibs, obs, and cbs. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
5 Patch by Olivier Delhomme.
6 (dd invocation): Add to the description of cbs.
8 2006-12-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
10 * coreutils.texi: Remove two doubled words.
11 (Treating / specially): With --preserve-root, chgrp and chown
12 will not modify "/", even through a symlink.
14 2006-11-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
16 * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Fix typo: s/setgid/setuid/.
17 Reported by Georg Neis as Debian bug 400778.
19 2006-10-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
21 * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): When giving the order in which
22 the various "counts" are listed, also mention "maximum line length".
23 Prompted by a report from Vincent LeFevre.
25 2006-10-23 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
27 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Describe --one-file-system.
29 2006-09-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
31 * coreutils.texi (groups invocation): "groups" no longer prefixes
32 the output with "user :" unless more than one user is specified.
34 2006-09-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
36 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Say that -i and -f are
37 independent. Clarify -i's behavior.
38 (Disk usage): Clarify intro. Problem reported by Van Ly.
40 2006-09-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
42 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Ignore -f when standard input
45 2006-09-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
47 * coreutils.texi (Treating / specially): --preserve-root is
48 now the default for rm.
49 (rm invocation): Likewise. Also, document that you can't
50 remove `.' or `..'. Use the POSIX term "root directory"
51 rather than the more-ambiguous "file system root".
53 2006-08-22 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
55 * .cvsignore: Add Makefile.in, coreutils.html, coreutils.pdf,
56 coreutils.ps, coreutils.tps. Remove coreutils.cm (dunno what it
57 is, but the makefile doesn't mention it). Remove coreutils.info
58 as it is subsumed by coreutils.info*.
60 2006-08-22 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
62 * .cvsignore: Add files that are now generated by ../bootstrap.
64 2006-08-20 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
66 * Makefile.in, fdl.texi, getdate.texi:
67 Remove from CVS, since ../bootstrap generates them automatically.
69 2006-08-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
71 * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Reflect doclicense.texi->fdl.texi renaming.
73 2006-08-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
75 * ChangeLog: Add copyright notice.
76 * Makefile.am: Likewise.
77 * getdate.texi: Likewise.
78 * perm.texi: Likewise.
79 * getdate.texi: Update to version 1.2 of the GNU FDL.
80 * coreutils.texi: Likewise.
81 (Copying This Manual): Renamed from GNU Free Documentation License.
82 Now an appendix. Include fdl.texi rather than doclicense.texi.
83 * fdl.tex: Renamed from doclicense.texi. Latest version from FSF.
84 * perm.texi: Add copyright notice.
86 2006-08-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
88 * coreutils.texi (df invocation): df exits nonzero if it outputs
91 2006-08-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
93 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Warn about oflag=append without
94 conv=notrunc. See Debian bug 373736.
96 2006-08-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
98 * coreutils.texi (shuf invocation, Random sources): New sections.
99 (Operating on sorted files): Add shuf.
100 (sort invocation, shred invocation): New option --random-source.
101 (sort invocation): Fix typo: -R -> -r.
103 2006-07-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
105 * coreutils.texi (install invocation, mkdir invocation):
106 Add cross-references to Directory Setuid and Setgid.
107 (install-invocation): The default mode is no longer equivalent to 755.
108 * perm.texi (Changing Special Mode Bits): Clarify u+s versus
109 a+s versus +s, and likewise for g+s.
110 (Numeric Modes): Bring back example of 0055 == 55. 4755 no
111 longer clears setgid bit on directories.
112 (Directory Setuid and Setgid): Numeric modes now affect setuid
113 and setgid on directories only if they set these bits. This
114 is so that leading 0 has no effect on numeric modes.
116 2006-07-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
118 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Mention that missing
119 pieces of information are marked with "?". From Paul Eggert.
121 2006-07-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
123 * perm.texi (Directory Setuid and Setgid): Explain that this is a
124 GNU extension, and that other systems behave differently here.
126 2006-07-22 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
128 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Clarify that the
129 restricted deletion flag is another name for the sticky bit.
130 * perm.texi (Mode Structure): The restricted deletion flag
131 restricts only unprivileged users.
132 (Mode Structure, Symbolic Modes, Numeric Modes): Be more careful
133 about distinguishing file mode bits from permissions bits,
134 and about execute versus search permission. The FreeBSD command
135 is chflags, not chrflags.
137 2006-07-16 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
139 * coreutils.texi: Change GNU to @acronym{GNU} in a few places.
140 Use "set-user-ID" and "set-group-ID" a bit more consistently.
141 Use "appropriate privileges" rather than "super-user" a bit
143 (install invocation): Parent directories are now 755 without uid
144 or gid changing. The default mode is now 0755, not 755.
145 (mkdir invocation): Rewrite the top-level usage description, since
146 I couldn't easily follow the old one. It's now 3 lines not 8.
147 For -m, describe file permission bits versus other bits, and note
148 that mkdir is atomic if you don't mention special bits.
149 (chmod invocation): Mention what chmod does to setgid and setuid bits.
150 * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Modernize the explanation of the
151 setuid and setgid bits on directories.
152 (Changing Special Mode Bits): Mention that a implies both u and g
153 for s. Cross reference to new node.
154 (Numeric Modes): Don't claim that 0055 is the same as 55; this isn't
155 true any more. Mention new node.
156 4755 is now like u=rwxs,go=rx,g-s, not like u=rwxs,go=rx.
157 (Directory Setuid and Setgid): New node.
159 2006-07-08 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
161 * coreutils.texi (Squeezing): Separate doubled "the", so typo-checkers
164 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Enforce the zeros vs. zeroes consistency.
166 2006-07-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
168 * coreutils.texi: Fix some typos. Use `zeros' consistently (both
169 `zeros' and `zeroes' are correct).
171 2006-07-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
173 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): With no operand, 'tail -f' now
174 silently ignores the '-f' only if standard input is a FIFO or pipe
175 and POSIXLY_CORRECT is set.
177 2006-06-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
179 * coreutils.texi (seq invocation): seq now uses long double
180 internally rather than double. It now defaults to a minimal fixed
181 point format if possible. It lets you use %a, %A, %E, %F, %G.
182 Don't assume printf doesn't work for numbers that fit in 64 but
183 not 32 bits; typically they work these days. Improve discussion
184 of large integers and update the rounding-error numbers.
186 2006-06-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
188 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): 'sort +1 -2' is now supported
189 even when conforming to POSIX 1003.1-2001, since this is a pure
192 2006-06-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
194 * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Remove ./ prefix from example.
197 2006-06-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
199 * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Spell out `--files0-from' in
200 the example. Suggestion from Bob Proulx.
202 * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Document new --files0-from option.
204 2006-06-20 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
206 * coreutils.texi (sleep invocation): Document that accepting
207 multiple arguments and suffixes are extensions.
208 Reported by Dan Jacobson.
210 2006-06-12 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
212 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Use $(_W) and $(W_) instead of
213 assuming grep -w (which is not portable).
215 2006-05-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
217 * Makefile.am: Use `AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS' rather than
218 overwriting `MAKEINFO', so that `missing' can do its job.
220 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Use `$(EGREP)' instead of `grep -E'.
221 (check-texinfo): Use literal `{' only in brackets, i.e., [{] or [}],
222 to avoid triggering an error from Solaris 2.6's grep.
224 2006-05-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
226 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Remove mention of --seed, since
229 2006-05-04 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
231 * coreutils.texi (Examples of date): Give example of @seconds.
233 2006-05-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
235 * coreutils.texi (head invocation, tail invocation, sort invocation):
236 Give advice about porting to hosts that support only obsolete syntax.
237 Problem reported by Zack Weinberg.
239 2006-04-23 Francesco Montorsi <fr_m@hotmail.com>
241 * coreutils.texi (Which files are listed): Describe new option:
242 --group-directories-first.
244 2006-04-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
246 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Add P for Solaris
247 10 ports. Add commented-out entries for other types that POSIX
248 says are possible, or that I observed in FreeBSD documentation.
250 2006-04-18 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
252 * coreutils.texi (Input processing in ptx): Remove mention of the
253 default --ignore file, /usr/local/lib/eign. That file has never
254 been used. Reported by Eric Blake.
256 2006-04-12 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
258 * coreutils.texi (expr invocation): expr exit status is 3 only for
259 internal errors now; 2 is also for invalid values in expressions.
261 (What information is listed): Document 'ls' type letters.
262 Problem reported by Lincoln Martin.
264 2006-04-09 Ori Avtalion <oavtal@bezeqint.net>
266 * coreutils.texi (Top): Add 'hostid' to System context menu line.
269 2006-03-22 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
271 * coreutils.texi (General options in ptx): Undocument --copyright.
273 2006-03-27 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
275 * coreutils.texi (dirname invocation): Macro in previous patch
278 2006-03-11 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
280 * coreutils.texi (basename invocation, dirname invocation):
281 Improve documentation to match recent // patches.
283 2006-03-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
285 * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): nohup now redirects stderr to
286 nohup.out if stdout is closed and stderr is a tty.
288 2006-03-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
290 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): New flags directory, nolinks.
291 Alphabetize nofollow.
293 2006-02-17 Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
295 * coreutils.texi: Add base64 section.
297 2006-02-20 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
299 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Fix typo in last patch.
300 (paste invocation): Fix whitespace.
302 2006-02-18 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
304 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Document new -I option, and new
305 --interactive behavior.
307 2006-02-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
309 * coreutils.texi (Character sets): Don't say that an unknown
310 backslash-escape causes an error message -- it doesn't.
311 Mention that `\' also removes any special significance, so
312 is useful for [, ], *, -. Prompted by Richard Neill in
313 http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=14937
315 2006-02-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
317 * coreutils.texi (od invocation): Warn that -t a ignores the high
320 2006-01-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
322 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): In the obsolete usage, the
323 count is optional, so put square brackets around it.
325 2006-01-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
327 * getdate.texi (General date syntax): Invalid dates are rejected.
328 (Time of day items): Mention the possibility of leap seconds.
329 Problem reported by Dr. David Alan Gilbert.
331 * coreutils.texi: Use @acronym around "ISO" uniformly.
332 (Date conversion specifiers): Explain %g, %G, and %V a bit better.
334 2006-01-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
336 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Say that --retry
337 is useful `mainly' (not `only') when following by name.
339 2006-01-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
341 * coreutils.texi, perm.texi: Clarify file mode bits versus
342 file permission bits.
343 * coreutils.texi (mkfifo invocation, mknod invocation): -m
344 affects only file permission bits.
346 2005-12-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
348 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Clarify that a blank is a space
351 2005-12-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
353 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation) [--printf]: Describe new option.
354 [--format]: Add example. Distinguish from --printf.
355 Sort option descriptions.
357 2005-12-05 Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>
359 * coreutils.texi (ls): Clarify the Alternate Access Method description.
360 (cp): Clarify that --preserve=mode also preserves acls.
362 2005-12-12 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
364 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Clarify explanation of
365 --random-sort, and use a simpler example.
367 2005-12-10 Frederik Eaton <frederik@ofb.net>
369 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Add --random-sort (-R) and --seed.
371 2005-12-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
373 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): New noatime flag.
375 2005-11-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
377 * coreutils.texi (df invocation): Document treatment of dummy file
380 2005-11-16 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
382 * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): ln -v now outputs lines only for
384 (tail invocation): Say that the obsolete form uses exactly one
385 option and at most one file.
387 2005-11-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
389 * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Capitalize two sentences in an
390 enumerated list and fix a typo. From Aaron Hawley.
392 2005-11-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
394 * coreutils.texi (Formatting file timestamps): ls now defaults to
395 --time-style='locale', which in turn acts like
396 --time-style='posix-long-iso' if the locale settings are messed up.
398 2005-11-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
400 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Don't mention --directory (-d).
402 2005-11-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
404 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Describe obsolete usages
405 like "tail -2" more precisely.
406 (touch invocation): The old usage works only for 1969-1999 now.
408 2005-08-28 David Madore <david.madore@ens.fr>
410 * coreutils.texi: Document SHA-1 and SHA-2 utilities.
412 2005-10-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
414 * doc/coreutils.texi (Top, General output formatting, dir invocation):
415 (vdir invocation): Don't document the old v and d commands.
417 2005-10-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
419 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Document du's -m option,
420 now that we've decided to keep it.
421 (who invocation): Remove documentation for deprecated --idle (-i).
423 2005-10-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
425 * coreutils.texi: Avoid a few overfull/underfull hboxes.
427 2005-09-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
429 * coreutils.texi (touch invocation):
430 "touch -" now touches standard output.
432 2005-09-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
434 * coreutils.texi (who invocation): Remove a stray '+'.
436 2005-09-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
438 * coreutils.texi (uname invocation): uname -a no longer generates
439 the -p and -i outputs if they are unknown.
441 2005-09-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
443 * coreutils.texi (Time conversion specifiers, Options for date):
444 Document date --rfc-3339 and new specifiers %:z, %::z, %:::z. Use
445 "date and time" consistently; the old version sometimes said "time
446 and date". Fix a minor bug in the documentation for --rfc-2822:
447 it claimed day-of-month < 10 had leading space, not leading zero.
448 Use a consistent format for terms like "RFC".
449 (uname invocation): Mention that Linux outputs "unknown" for
452 2005-09-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
454 * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Document "niceness" versus
455 "nice value" versus "scheduling priority".
457 2005-09-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
459 * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Use "niceness", not "nice value"
460 to talk about nice values offset by -20. Don't use the word
461 "priority" when niceness is intended.
463 2005-08-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
465 * coreutils.texi (join invocation): Itemize the defaults.
468 2005-08-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
470 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation, mv invocation): Remove square
471 brackets in --reply=[HOW]. Reported by Oscar Liljeblad.
473 2005-07-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
475 * coreutils.texi (md5sum invocation): --check now allows multiple
478 2005-07-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
480 * coreutils.texi (false invocation):
481 Mention that false is often built-in, and that it exits
482 with status >1 on some hosts.
483 (true invocation): Remove now-incorrect "non-POSIX mode" reference.
485 2005-07-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
487 * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): POSIXLY_CORRECT no longer
488 affects nohup's behavior. Input is redirected from /dev/null.
490 2005-07-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
492 * coreutils.texi (cat invocation): Remove -B or --binary option
493 (available on MS-DOS-like platforms only). Explain when text and
494 binary mode are used now.
495 (md5sum invocation): -b actually does have an effect on Unix: it
496 causes "*" to be output. Explain when text and binary mode are
499 2005-07-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
501 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Mark --reply as deprecated.
502 (mv invocation): Likewise.
504 2005-06-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
506 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Clarify how --reply=no works.
508 2005-06-14 William Brendling <wbrendling@gmail.com>
510 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): New options --last-time and
513 2005-06-19 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
515 * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Change a few `paths' to `file names'.
516 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Also catch uses of path, pathname.
518 2005-06-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
520 * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Clarify that shred
521 works on ext3 as long as it's not in data=journal mode.
522 Patch from Mark Melahn.
524 2005-06-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
526 * coreutils.texi (Backup options): Undocument --version-control=S (-V).
528 2005-06-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
530 * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Examples, from Bob Proulx.
532 2005-06-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
534 Use "file name" when talking about file names, instead of "filename"
535 or "path", as per the GNU coding standards.
536 * coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): "path component" ->
537 "component", since we don't use the POSIX "path" nomenclature.
539 2005-05-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
541 * getdate.texi (General date syntax): Don't say that date
542 date --iso-8601=ns generates acceptable dates; it doesn't yet.
543 Problem reported by Nic Ferrier.
545 2005-05-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
547 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): New flags "binary" and "text".
549 2005-05-04 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
551 * coreutils.texi (chmod invocation): chmod -w complains if its
552 behavior differs from what chmod a-w would do.
554 2005-05-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
556 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): ls --indicator-style=directory
557 renamed to ls --indicator-style=slash, to avoid confusion with ls
560 2005-04-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
562 * perm.texi (Mode Structure, Changing Special Permissions):
563 (Conditional Executability, Numeric Modes):
564 These days the sticky bit is more often uses as the restricted
565 deletion flag, so modernize the discussion about this.
566 (Mode Structure): Linux/GNU -> GNU/Linux.
567 (Symbolic Modes): Don't imply that "+ur" or "u" is valid.
568 (Setting Permissions): Don't imply that "+t" is invalid.
569 Use "rwx" rather than the less-common "rxw" in an example.
570 (Copying Permissions): Say that ugo is a replacement for
571 a string of the other letters. Add spaces around examples.
572 Use "set-user-ID" rather than "set user ID" to avoid ambiguity.
573 Use "+t" rather than "o+t", since POSIX doesn't specify the latter.
574 Mention which combinations are portable and which are GNU.
575 (Numeric Modes): Don't imply they aren't portable; they are
578 2005-04-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
580 * coreutils.texi (Standards conformance): Do not mention head -10,
581 since it now works the same regardless of POSIX version.
582 (od invocation): -w N -> -w[N].
583 (pr invocation): -S STRING -> -SSTRING.
584 (fold invocation): -WIDTH works even when conforming to POSIX
586 (head invocation, tail invocation): Likewise for -NUM.
587 (split invocation): Likewise for -LINES.
588 (uniq invocation): Likewise for -N.
589 (expand invocation, unexpand invocation): Likewise for -TAB.
590 (nice invocation): Likewise for -ADJUSTMENT.
591 (sort invocation): Clarify explanation of +N option.
592 (uniq invocation): Likewise.
593 (join invocation): Remove special case for --help, --version.
594 (touch invocation): Clarify explanation of date options.
595 (Options for date): -I timespec -> -I[timespec].
597 2005-04-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
599 * coreutils.texi (install invocation): Use a= instead of 0 for
600 the point of departure for -m, and explain what it meeams.
601 (mkdir invocation, mkfifo invocation, mknod invocation):
602 The umask does not affect the point of departure.
603 Problem reported by Mike Stone.
605 2005-04-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
607 * coreutils.texi: For consistency, standardize on "user ID" rather
608 than "uid" or "UID" or "user id". Similarly for "group ID".
610 2005-04-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
612 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Say that --recursive removes
613 listed directories too, not just their contents.
615 2005-04-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
617 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document the distinction between
618 INFO and USR1 for dd, and the effect of POSIXLY_CORRECT here.
620 2005-04-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
622 * coreutils.texi (cat invocation, chown invocation)
623 (chgrp invocation, basename invocation, dirname invocation):
624 Add examples, which are copies of the examples newly added
625 to the usage messages.
626 (ln invocation): Use same format as other examples above,
629 2005-03-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
631 * coreutils.texi: Clarify NUL vs null byte vs null character.
633 2005-03-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
635 * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): Clarify nohup.out creation.
637 2005-03-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
639 * coreutils.texi (Formatting file timestamps): Very long timestamps
640 may be treated as errors.
642 2005-03-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
644 * coreutils.texi (date invocation): Use an example that makes it
645 clear tha the default date use space-padded day of month.
646 Replace "directive" with "conversion specifier" to be consistent
647 with POSIX. All uses changed.
648 Fix menu RHS to match actual directive lists.
649 (Time conversion specifiers): Renamed from Time directives.
650 Use @samp consistently, sometimes instead of @code.
651 Consistently ention which specifiers are GNU extensions.
652 Give more examples (in some cases, instead of ranges).
653 Say why %F is preferred for dates.
654 (Date conversion specifiers): Renamed from Date directives.
655 Likewise for other changes.
656 (Padding and other flags): Correct the description.
657 Document #. Give an example for %9B.
659 2005-02-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
661 * coreutils.texi: Adjust to match current strftime.c.
662 (Time directives): Say that %k, %l, and %P are GNU extensions.
663 For %p and %P, mention handling of noon and midnight.
664 For %s, use ISO 8601, and mention handling of leap seconds.
665 For %S, clarify mention of leap seconds.
666 For %T, say that it's the same as %H:%M:%S.
667 For %X, don't say that it must be the same as %H:%M:%S.
668 For %z and %Z, clarify which time zones are used. These options
669 are now affected by --date, so don't claim that they're not.
670 (Date directives): %C is now all but the last two chars of %Y.
671 For %D, say that it's equivalent to %m/%d/%y.
672 For %e, use blank in example.
673 For %h, use @code for %b.
674 For %Y, mention what happens with outlandish years.
675 (Padding and other flags): Renamed from Padding.
676 Mention that the flags are GNU extensions.
677 Mention the 0 and ^ flags.
678 Mention field widths an modifiers.
679 (Examples of date): - is a flag, not a modifier.
681 2005-01-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
683 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Specify that a string
684 of zero digits is interpreted as 0. Reported by Ulrich Hermisson.
686 2005-01-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
688 * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Clarify that shred works fine
689 with journaled file systems that are configured not to journal
690 file system data. Also mention BFS and NTFS.
692 2004-12-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
694 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Change minor problem to be
695 "subdirectory not found", since top-level trouble is now serious.
696 (dircolors invocation): Quote argument to eval. Problem reported
697 by Stephane Chazelas.
699 2004-12-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
701 * coreutils.texi (join invocation): Mention that blank separators
702 in the -o option need to be quoted. Problem reported by Phil Clayton.
704 2004-12-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
706 * coreutils.texi (id invocation): -G also prints main group.
707 Problem reported by Tim Waugh.
709 2004-12-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
711 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document new "ls" exit status.
713 2004-12-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
715 * getdate.texi (Time of day items, Time zone items):
716 Describe new formats +00:00, UTC+00:00.
718 2004-12-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
720 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Say when --complement is useful.
722 2004-10-01 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
724 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Document --complement and
725 adjust the documentation of -b, -c, -f.
727 2004-11-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
729 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Use if=/dev/null rather
730 than :|. Problem reported by Dan Jacobson.
731 Use "seek=2GiB" rather than the wordier "seek=`echo '2^31'|bc`".
732 Say "KiB" not the (inaccurate) "kilobytes".
733 Similarly for "GiB" and "gigabytes".
735 2004-11-16 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
737 * coreutils.texi: Changes inspired by Debian coreutils 5.2.1-2.
738 (General output formatting): -x doesn't have an operand.
739 (Formatting the file names): Warn that even with -N unprintable
740 chars are still printed as '?' some times.
741 (rm invocation): Reword rm -d to note that it's sometimes useful
743 (logname invocation, users invocation, who invocation):
744 The utmp and wtmp file names vary from system to system.
746 * getdate.texi (General date syntax): "next" is 1, not 2.
747 Document that "second" isn't allowed as an ordinal number.
749 2004-11-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
751 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Reword the new dd message.
753 2004-11-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
755 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): dd now outputs total bytes,
756 seconds, and bytes per second.
758 2004-11-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
760 * Makefile.am (_W, W_): New macros.
761 (check-texinfo): Use them instead of assuming grep -w (which is not
764 2004-10-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
766 * coreutils.texi: Document TZ better, and adjust to new getdate.texi.
768 (pr invocation, Formatting file timestamps, touch invocation,
769 stat invocation, who invocation, date invocation, Options for date):
771 * getdate.texi: Sync from gnulib.
773 2004-10-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
775 * coreutils.texi (Standards conformance): Use "head -10" rather
776 than "head -1" as example of obsolete usage, since the POSIX
777 consensus is that "head -1" could be supported even if we don't
778 yet have clear consensus on "head -10". See today's revision to
780 <http://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/single_unix_faq.html>.
782 2004-10-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
784 * coreutils.texi (pathchk invocation): Options must precede operands.
786 2004-10-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
788 * coreutils.texi (pathchk invocation): Overall lengths are
789 OS limits, not file system limits. Component length checks
790 apply to all components, not merely to existing ones. Say
791 that nonexistent names are not errors. For -p, omit all
792 checks based on the underlying file system, not merely length
793 checks. Explain what the portable file name character set is.
795 2004-10-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
797 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Mention ISO/IEC 10646 as
798 well as Unicode. Various minor formatting cleanups.
800 2004-10-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
802 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Move LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE
803 index entries to proper paragraph.
805 2004-10-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
807 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Add `builtin' and `builtins' to
808 the list of words to avoid.
810 2004-10-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
812 * coreutils.texi (Special built-in utilities): New node.
813 (printf invocation): builtin -> built-in, for consistency
814 with POSIX terminology.
815 (test invocation, pwd invocation):
816 Use specific rather than generic language to warn about
818 (chroot invocation, env invocation, nice invocation, nohup invocation):
819 Warn that command must not be a special built-in.
820 (env invocation): Warn about environment variables with unusual
821 spellings, or duplicates.
823 2004-09-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
825 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document "ls --hide".
827 2004-09-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
829 * coreutils.texi (chmod invocation): Warn about "chmod -w file".
831 2004-09-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
833 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Fix bugs in the description of
834 the obsolete syntax (e.g., it does not support -k or -m). Warn
835 about usages like "tail -" and "tail -c 4" that are ambigous on
838 2004-09-20 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
840 * coreutils.texi (mv invocation, rm invocation): Say "the response
841 is affirmative" rather than "the response begins with y or Y",
842 so that the documentation is accurate in non-English locales.
843 Problem reported by Munzir Taha.
845 2004-09-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
847 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Distinguish between options
848 (e.g., --help) and operands (e.g., if=file). Move miscellaneous
849 stuff after the operand descriptions, for clarity.
851 2004-09-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
853 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): -u disables the last-resort
854 comparison, too. Revamp its description.
855 (test invocation): Document -r, -w, -x more carefully.
857 2004-09-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
859 * coreutils.texi (Common options): Some programs don't reorder
861 (tr invocation, echo invocation, printf invocation, test invocation,
862 expr invocation, basename invocation, chroot invocation,
863 nice invocation, nohup invocation, seq invocation):
864 This program doesn't reorder options.
865 (tr invocation): Mention --help, --version, --.
866 (echo invocation): Mention that -- isn't special.
867 (test invocation): Mention that the expression is optional,
868 and that test ! EXPR is like ! test EXPR.
869 Mention that -h and -L don't dereference symlinks.
870 (expr invocation): Mention --help, --version.
872 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Add remarks about sort -u
873 versus sort | uniq. Prompted by a question from Andrew Noymer.
875 2004-09-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
877 * coreutils.texi (od invocation): Several changes for POSIX
878 and FreeBSD compatibility. Add support for XSI syntax
879 (POSIX 1003.1-2004). Rename -s[N] to -S N. Remove documentation
880 for -h. -i is now -t dI (not d2) and -l is now -t dL (not d4).
882 2004-09-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
884 * coreutils.texi (String tests): Improve quality of warning about
885 quoting strings for the shell.
887 2004-09-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
889 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Specify which conversion options
890 are mutually exclusive. Give a bit more detail about ascii,
891 ebcdic, and ibm conversions.
893 2004-08-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
895 POSIX-conformance fixes for "expand" and "unexpand".
896 * coreutils.texi: Standardize on "tab stop" (the POSIX usage)
897 rather than "tabstop".
898 (unexpand invocation): Use "blank" rather than "space" when
899 POSIX requires "blank". Define "blank". Initial blanks are
900 converted even if there's just one. For -a, convert two or
901 more blanks only if they occur just before a tab stop.
903 2004-08-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
905 * coreutils.texi (chown invocation): Fix synopsis:
906 group must always be preceded by separator.
907 "chown : file" and "chown '' file" don't change the owner or group.
908 Update the explanation of what happens to the set-user-ID or
909 set-group-ID bits, e.g., they sometimes are not cleared if they
910 denote mandatory locking. Change "find"-oriented examples to use
913 2004-08-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
915 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Clarify how "printf" is
916 supposed to work with extra arguments, missing arguments, etc.
918 2004-08-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
920 POSIX-conformance fixes for "-" used as an operand.
921 * coreutils.texi (Common options): Clarify that "-" means
922 stdin/stdout only when it is an operand, not when it is an
924 (shred invocation): "shred -- -" is equivalent to "shred -",
926 (tee invocation): "tee -" means to copy (again) to stdout.
928 2004-07-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
930 * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Document the "nice value", and
931 how it affects the scheduling priority. (The old documentation
932 implied that the nice value equaled the scheduling priority, which
933 isn't accurate.) Document that the range of nice values might
934 exceed -20..19. Specify what happens when you give a nice value
935 that is out of range, or when you don't have permissions to lower
936 the nice value. Bash doesn't have a builtin 'nice', so don't say
937 "most shells" have one.
939 2004-04-03 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>
941 * coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Document new
942 "readlink -f" behaviour and new canonicalize options, -e and -m.
944 2004-07-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
946 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Disallow `filename' in .texi files.
947 Spell it like `file name' instead, to be consistent.
948 Fail if a @footnote directive follows non-punctuation.
949 Fail upon use of @url. Use @uref instead.
951 2004-07-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
953 * coreutils.texi (Common options, Target directory, cp invocation,
954 install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation): Add -t as a
955 short option for --target-directory, and -T as a short option for
956 --no-target-directory. Clean up relevant synopses a bit, so that
957 the language is similar for all.
959 2004-06-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
961 * coreutils.texi: Put the right amount of space at sentence ends.
962 Make sure "i.e." and "e.g." are followed by commas (the GNU style).
963 Put blank lines before and after every @example, prefer the
964 previous line to end in ":" (when not a sentence end, for consistency),
965 and prepend @noindent to the following line when appropriate.
966 In examples, use "--" arguments when needed to prevent undesired
967 interpretation of operands as options.
968 Use "file name" rather than "filename", as per the GNU coding standards.
969 Remove unwanted spaces before @footnote.
970 Use "---" when appropriate, instead of " -- ".
971 Use "name" (or something like that) rather than "path" or "pathname",
972 since the GNU coding standards don't allow "path".
973 Use @acronym, @command, @minus{}, @samp in a few places,
975 (Target directory): Clarify description of example.
976 (fmt invocation): Give issue number for reference, and reword
978 (sort invocation): Note that xargs without -0 also mishandles
979 file names containing some special characters other than newline.
980 (Translating): Mention that \012 is not universally portable.
981 Use '\0' rather than '\000'.
982 (Squeezing): bourne -> Bourne.
983 Fix unportable usage of '\n' by replacing it with '[\n*]'.
984 (More details about version sort): Remove unnecessary indent
986 (dd invocation): Use 'kill -s USR1', not 'kill -USR1', as POSIX
987 indicates that the former is more portable (the latter is an XSI
989 (shred invocation): Use @uref rather than @url, and use a more-typical
991 (kill invocation): Clarify usage; for example, "kill -s TERM -1"
993 (seq invocation): Reword to avoid implying that printf necessarily
994 fails for numbers outside the 32-bit range. Prefer separating
995 options from their operands.
996 (Opening the software toolbox): Give an online reference to
997 Robbins's article, and give a date. Don't imply that the
998 current documentation is unchanged from his article.
999 (Putting the tools together): Rework examples so that they don't
1000 assume the C locale; nowadays many users now operate outside the C
1001 locale by default. While we're at it, don't assume ASCII either.
1002 Indent example to match actual output from GNU uniq. Remove some
1003 unnecessary and confusing brackets from 'tr' operands. "Software
1004 Tools in Pascal" is back in print, according to Amazon anyway.
1005 Add references to Kernighan's online copies of examples.
1007 2004-06-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
1009 * coreutils.texi, perm.texi: Standardize on "file system" rather
1010 than "filesystem", as POSIX prefers it with a space.
1012 2004-06-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
1014 * coreutils.texi (Common options, Target directory, cp
1015 invocation, install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation):
1017 (link invocation): Explain how to rewrite link using ln now
1018 that we have --no-target-directory.
1019 (ln invocation): Explain that --no-target-directory subsumes
1021 (unlink invocation): Modify wording to match new wording in
1024 2004-06-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
1026 * coreutils.texi (install invocation): Document
1027 --target-directory in synopsis, too.
1029 2004-06-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
1031 * coreutils.texi (yes invocation): "--" is now supported.
1032 (false invocation, true invocation): --help and --version now
1033 work unconditionally.
1035 2004-06-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1037 * coreutils.texi: Remove menu references to just-removed subsection.
1039 2004-06-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1041 * coreutils.texi (tr invocation): Remove the section describing
1042 how POSIXLY_CORRECT changes tr's behavior.
1044 2004-06-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1046 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Clarify what --output-delimiter=STR
1047 does with byte/character ranges.
1049 2004-06-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
1051 * coreutils.texi (tr invocation): Mention -C.
1053 2004-05-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
1055 * coreutils.texi (echo invocation): Document today's changes.
1057 2004-05-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1059 chgrp and chown now dereference symlinks by default, per POSIX.
1060 * coreutils.texi (chgrp invocation, chown invocation): Document it.
1062 2004-05-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
1064 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Document that "sort -m -o F"
1065 might write F before reading all the input.
1067 2004-05-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1069 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Change IO to I/O.
1070 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Check for the above.
1072 2004-04-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1074 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Mention -k earlier, so
1075 that the options are in alphabetical order. Describe how -b works
1076 more-accurately; this involves fixing some examples, too. Mention
1077 what happens if the start field falls after an end field or after
1078 a line end. Warn about using -k without -b, -g, -M, -n, or -t.
1079 Add an example of how to sort IPv4 addresses and Apache Common
1080 Log Format dates. Remove a duplicate example.
1081 (Putting the tools together): Use separate options rather
1082 than agglomerating them.
1084 2004-03-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1086 cp -pu and mv -u (when copying) now take the destination
1087 file system time stamp resolution into account.
1089 * coreutils.texi (mv invocation): Document this.
1090 (cp invocation): Document -u (it was missing!) with new behavior.
1092 2004-04-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
1094 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Remove noctty flag from dd.
1096 2004-04-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1098 New dd conv= symbols nocreat, excl, fdatasync, fsync,
1099 and new dd options iflag= and oflag=.
1101 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document them.
1103 2004-04-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1105 * coreutils.texi (stty invocation - Input): Document new iutf8 option.
1107 2004-04-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1109 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Correct --format description.
1111 2004-02-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1113 * coreutils.texi (Block size): Document new envvar BLOCKSIZE.
1115 2004-03-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1117 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Add a check to ensure future
1118 consistency in using @sc{nul}, not `NUL'.
1120 2004-03-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1122 * coreutils.texi: Use @sc{nul} consistently for NUL.
1123 (du invocation): FILE0 -> FILE.
1125 2004-03-23 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1127 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): --files0-from is useful with
1128 --total (-c), not with --summarize.
1130 2004-03-22 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1132 * coreutils.texi: Tweak a few lines that resulted in
1133 `overfull hbox' warnings.
1135 2004-03-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1137 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Document new option: --file0-from=F.
1139 2004-02-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1141 * coreutils.texi (touch invocation):
1142 Describe use of fractional seconds.
1143 (date invocation, Options for date): Likewise.
1144 * getdate.texi (General date syntax, Time of day items): Likewise.
1145 * coreutils.texi (date invocation): Mention effect of LC_TIME.
1146 (Options for date): Describe new --iso-8601=ns option.
1148 * getdate.texi: Add copyright notice. Change getdate to
1149 get_date when talking about the function name.
1150 (Seconds since the Epoch): New section, containing the time_t
1151 info moved from Date input formats section, along with new
1152 info about the @ syntax. Mention negative time stamps,
1153 fractional time stamps, and leap seconds.
1154 (General date syntax): Modernize examples a bit to reflect new
1156 (General date syntax, Relative items in date strings):
1157 Use ' rather than " to quote formats.
1158 (Time of day items): Add an example with fractional seconds.
1159 Describe fractional-second syntax.
1161 2004-03-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1163 * coreutils.texi (date invocation): Add missing `C' to %[...] range
1164 in the `Date directives:: ...' menu entry. From Bob Proulx.
1166 * coreutils.texi: Add FIXME comment:
1167 The following don't have `invocation' nodes: [, pinky, shasum, uptime.
1169 2004-03-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1171 * coreutils.texi (Sorting the output): Remove description of
1172 ls's --sort=directory option. ls doesn't accept that option, yet.
1173 Reported by Arvind Autar.
1175 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Improve description of
1176 cp's --sparse=WHEN option.
1178 * coreutils.texi (nl invocation): Specify that these are _basic_
1179 regular expressions (BRE), and add a link to grep's documentation.
1180 Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
1182 2004-02-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1184 * coreutils.texi (chown invocation): Document that chown now falls
1185 back on USER.GROUP parsing regardless of POSIX version, as POSIX
1186 1003.1-2001 allows that behavior as a compatible extension.
1188 2004-02-22 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1190 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Mention that using du's -H option
1191 currently evokes a warning.
1193 2004-02-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1195 * coreutils.texi (expr invocation):
1196 Document what forms integers may take, and say "integer"
1197 consistently instead of "number". Warn about operands
1198 that "expr" can misinterpret, and how to work around the
1201 2004-02-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1203 * coreutils.texi (csplit invocation): Correct typo (s/LINE/N/)
1204 in description of `N' pattern. From Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
1206 2004-02-11 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1208 * coreutils.texi (Time directives): The %s value *is* changed by the
1209 --date=DATE option; don't say otherwise. Patch from Padraig Brady.
1211 2004-02-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1213 * coreutils.texi (Formatting the file names):
1214 Improve wording for --quoting-style documentation.
1215 Suggestions by Bruno Haible.
1217 2004-02-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1219 * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Add examples.
1220 Prompted by a suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
1221 (factor invocation): Add an example.
1222 Update timing numbers for a more modern CPU.
1224 2004-01-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1226 * coreutils.texi (seq invocation): Remove `@dots{}' at end of synopsis.
1227 Separate `Synopses' section into three examples.
1228 Clarify first paragraph. @w{}-protect an expression.1
1229 Use @option{--option}, rather than @code{--option}.
1231 2004-01-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1233 * coreutils.texi (Exit status): Document that ordinary failure
1234 might not exit with status 1 on unusual platforms.
1235 Mention chroot, env, nice, and su as having unusual exit
1236 status patterns. Don't bother to mention true and false
1237 since their exit status patterns are actually normal.
1238 (sort invocation, su invocation): Mention its unusual exit
1240 (chroot invocation): Simplify description of exit status 1.
1241 Remove duplicate description of status 127.
1242 (env invocation): Use consistent tenses; simplifiy description
1244 (nice invocation): Likewise.
1246 2003-12-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1248 * coreutils.texi (touch invocation): touch -r and -d can now
1249 both be specified, with -r specifying the origin for -d.
1251 2004-01-15 Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@kemisten.nu>
1253 Factor out some common options.
1254 * coreutils.texi (Common options): Define macros here.
1255 (What information is listed, cp invocation): Use the macro(s).
1256 (install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation): Likewise.
1257 (df invocation, du invocation): Likewise.
1259 2004-01-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1261 Document the exit status of each and every program.
1262 * coreutils.texi (yes invocation): Document that a write error
1263 makes `yes' exit unsuccessfully.
1264 (chroot invocation): Enumerate the meaning of exit status values.
1265 (nice invocation): Likewise.
1266 (Exit status) [@macro exitstatus]: New macro.
1267 Use @exitstatus to describe the exit status of most programs.
1269 2004-01-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1271 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Mention that -H will eventually
1272 mean not --si, but --dereference-args (-D).
1274 2003-12-20 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1276 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Describe new option: -0, --null.
1278 2003-12-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1280 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed, chroot invocation):
1281 Adjust example 'ls' output to match new behavior with narrower
1283 (The cut command): Remove example that cut the output of
1284 'ls -l'. The output was incorrect even with the old 'ls', and
1285 the whole idea of using 'cut' on 'ls -l' output is bogus anyway.
1287 2003-11-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1289 Parse floating-point operands and options in the C locale.
1290 POSIX requires this for printf, and we might as well be
1291 consistent elsewhere (tail, sleep, seq).
1293 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation, printf invocation,
1294 sleep invocation, seq invocation): Document this.
1296 2003-11-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1298 * coreutils.texi (Traversing symlinks, Treating / specially):
1300 (rm invocation, chown invocation, chmod invocation, chgrp invocation):
1301 Describe new options, --preserve-root and --no-preserve-root.
1303 2003-11-11 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1305 * coreutils.texi (chown invocation) [chownchgrpoptions]: New macro
1306 describing -H, -L, -P options. Use it here.
1307 (chgrp invocation): And here.
1309 2003-11-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1311 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Fix typo in example.
1313 2003-10-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1315 * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Note that --directory, -d, -F
1316 probably won't work even for superuser. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
1318 2003-09-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1320 * coreutils.texi (csplit invocation):
1321 The regexp offset need not have a sign; POSIX requires support
1322 for signless offets.
1324 2003-10-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1326 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Describe -P, --no-dereference.
1328 2003-09-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1330 * coreutils.texi (Translating): Correct typo in menu description.
1333 2003-09-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1335 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): -d now overrides -i.
1336 "whitespace" -> "blanks"; "whitespace" isn't correct.
1337 -t '\0' now specifies a NUL tab.
1339 2003-08-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1341 * coreutils.texi (who invocation): Add an entry for -l, --login.
1342 Remove `-l' from the entry for --lookup.
1343 (who invocation): Begin adding missing option documentation.
1345 2003-08-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1347 * coreutils.texi (split invocation):
1348 Add -d or --numeric-suffixes option to 'split'.
1350 2003-07-31 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1352 * getdate.texi (General date syntax): Add --rfc-2822 option to GNU date.
1353 * coreutils.texi (Options for date): Fix a typo in format:
1354 it's now %d not %_d. Add URLs.
1356 2003-07-31 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1358 * getdate.texi (Relative items in date strings): Warn about
1359 fuzz in relative units.
1361 2003-07-29 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1363 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Restore two end-of-sentence words
1364 that were mistakenly removed on 2002-09-13. Reported by Paul Worrall.
1366 2003-07-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1368 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Explain that a SIGUSR1 signal
1369 makes dd give a progress report to stderr.
1371 2003-07-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1373 * coreutils.texi: Document changes of 2003-07-24.
1375 2003-07-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1377 * coreutils.texi (su invocation): Use `@subsection', not invalid
1380 2003-07-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1382 * coreutils.texi (expr invocation): Exit status is 2 if the
1383 expression is syntactically invalid, 3 if there is some other error.
1384 This change is for conformance to POSIX.
1386 2003-07-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1388 * coreutils.texi (uname invocation): Explain the POSIX
1389 terminology behind uname -m and uname -s.
1391 2003-07-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1393 * coreutils.texi (chown invocation): Warn that chown
1394 now clears set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits on some systems.
1396 (nohup invocation): Tell what happens when stdout is not a terminal.
1397 Based on a suggestion from Steven Mocking.
1399 2003-07-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1401 * coreutils.texi (Standards conformance): Mention that uses like
1402 `tail -1' and `head -1', like `sort +1', are non conforming.
1403 (chown invocation): Say that using `.' as a separator may not work.
1405 2003-06-25 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1407 * coreutils.texi (Time directives) [%s]: Add a cross reference
1408 to the related examples.
1409 (Examples of date): Add an @anchor here, along with a few more examples.
1410 Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
1412 2003-06-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1414 * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Tweak wording: wc prints counts in
1415 the order `newline, word, byte'. Suggestion from Keith M. Briggs.
1416 Also change `lines' to `newlines'.
1418 2003-05-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1420 * coreutils.texi (head invocation): Document --bytes=-N and --lines=-N.
1422 2003-05-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1424 * coreutils.texi (uniq invocation, squeezing, The uniq command):
1425 Use "repeated" rather than "duplicate" to describe adjacent
1426 duplicates; this simplifies the description and makes it more
1427 consistent with POSIX.
1428 (uniq invocation): Make it clear that -d and -u suppress the
1429 output of lines, rather than cause some lines to be output.
1430 Mention what happens if a line lacks enough fields or characters.
1432 2003-05-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1434 * coreutils.texi (true invocation): Mention that it is possible to
1435 make true --help or true --version (in non-POSIX mode) exit nonzero.
1436 Suggestion from Paul Eggert.
1438 2003-05-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1440 * coreutils.texi (Exit status): Remove `uniq' from the list.
1441 It uses standard exit codes.
1442 (More details about version sort): Note that strverscmp, and hence
1443 `ls -v', does not use LC_COLLATE. Reported by From: Andrey Borzenkov.
1445 2003-04-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1447 Fix printf POSIX compatibility bug reported by Ben Harris in
1448 <http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2003-04/msg00070.html>.
1449 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): It's \NNN in the format,
1450 \0NNN in the %b operand.
1452 2003-04-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1454 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Check for uses of non-zero.
1455 I prefer to spell it `nonzero'.
1457 * coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Tweak description a little.
1459 2003-04-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1461 * Makefile.am (constants.texi): Rename target (thus enabling it),
1462 now that fileutils, textutils, and sh-utils have been merged.
1463 (MAINTAINERCLEANFILES): Define.
1465 2003-04-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1467 * coreutils.texi (false invocation): Note that false exits
1468 unsuccessfully even with --help and --version.
1470 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Don't fail if perl is missing.
1471 Reported by Nelson Beebe.
1473 2003-03-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1475 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Fix formatting bugs.
1477 (sort invocation): Describe sort's --stable (-s) option.
1479 2003-03-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1481 * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Mention that --exact
1482 is now the default for non-regular files.
1484 2003-03-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1486 * coreutils.texi (Exit status): New section.
1487 Suggestion from Michael Stone.
1489 2003-02-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1491 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Document --apparent-size.
1492 Adjust documentation of --bytes (-b).
1493 (stat invocation): Describe %B.
1495 2003-02-07 Richard Dawe <rich@phekda.freeserve.co.uk>
1497 * coreutils.texi: Use @command instead of @code for program names.
1499 * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Mention filesystem-specific
1500 permissions and that mounting a filesystem as read-only may
1501 override actual file permissions. Use @command instead
1502 of @code for program names.
1504 2003-02-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1506 * coreutils.texi: Adjust alignment and mention `file, text, shell'
1507 on the `* Coreutils:...' dirently line. From Karl Berry.
1509 2003-02-05 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1511 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Allow bare `POSIX' to be used on
1514 * coreutils.texi: Use new form of @direntry.
1515 Put unlink in its proper place. Adjust wording in some
1516 dir entry descriptions, mainly so they fit in 80 columns.
1517 Don't use mark-up like @acronym{POSIX} in direntries.
1518 Mostly from Karl Berry.
1520 2003-01-25 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1522 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Describe new functionality of
1523 --output-delimiter=STR.
1525 2003-01-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1527 * coreutils.texi (The cut command): Give an example of using cut -c
1528 with an output delimiter. From Jan Nieuwenhuizen.
1530 * coreutils.texi (The cut command): Extend the new example a little.
1531 (Formatting file timestamps): Fix typo: s/%M:S/%M:%S/.
1533 * coreutils.texi: Change each use of `Core-utils' to `Coreutils'.
1536 2003-01-19 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1538 * coreutils.texi (Which files are listed): Document new option:
1539 --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir.
1541 2003-01-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1543 Change ls -H back to the way it was yesterday, since this is
1544 compatible with FreeBSD and the POSIX spec is confusing
1545 and somewhat contradictory.
1547 * coreutils.texi (Which files are listed, General output
1548 formatting): Undo last change.
1550 2003-01-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1552 * coreutils.texi (General output formatting): Reflect option name change:
1553 s/--dereference-command-line/--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir/.
1554 Say that this option changes how ls treats only symlinks to directories
1555 specified on the command line.
1557 2002-08-27 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>
1559 * coreutils.texi: Document readlink.
1561 2002-12-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1563 * coreutils.texi (mknod invocation): Specify how major and minor mode
1564 numbers are interpreted. Report forwarded by Kristin E Thomas.
1566 2002-11-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1568 * coreutils.texi (Examples of expr): Remove bogus `^'s.
1569 Reported by Thomas Goerlich.
1571 2002-11-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1573 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed) [--dired]:
1574 Correct parts of --dired description. Reported by Andre Spiegel.
1575 Include a lot more description, with examples.
1577 2002-11-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1579 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Fix typo in index:
1580 change \0x prefix to \x.
1581 Change \xhhh to \xhh.
1583 2002-10-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1585 Add support for locale-specific size indications (e.g.,
1586 thousands-separators) and for explicit size suffixes on output.
1588 * coreutils.texi (Block size): Say that:
1589 This affects display format as well as block size.
1590 Fractional block counts are rounded up.
1591 ls file size blocksize defaults to 1.
1592 A block size spec preceded by ' generates thousands separators.
1593 A suffix without a preceding integer generates suffixes.
1594 (tail invocation): 32k -> 32 KiB.
1595 (What information is listed): ls -h is now equivalent to
1596 ls --block-size=human, and ls -H is now equivalent to
1597 ls --block-size=si. Displayed file size is now always affected by
1600 2002-09-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1602 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): In --sleep-interval=NUMBER,
1603 NUMBER may now be a floating point number.
1604 (stat invocation): Remove references to now-removed %S and %C.
1605 (Time directives) [%S]: Explain why the range is [0..60].
1607 2002-08-30 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1609 * coreutils.texi [START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY]: Don't use sc{} on LHS.
1610 Fix typo: s/permission/permissions/. From Michail Litvak.
1612 2002-08-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1614 * coreutils.texi (uniq invocation): uniq now obeys LC_COLLATE.
1616 2002-07-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1618 * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): Change behavior to conform to
1620 - Do not adjust scheduling priority.
1621 - Redirects stderr to stdout, if stderr is not a terminal.
1622 - Exit status is now 126 if command was found but not invoked,
1623 127 if nohup failed or if command was not found.
1625 2002-07-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1627 * coreutils.texi (Time directives): Document %P, %R, %e, %F,
1630 2002-07-22 Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
1632 * coreutils.texi (Formatting the file names): Document
1633 that -N/--literal are equivalent to --quoting-style=literal.
1634 Reported by Oskar Liljeblad as Debian bug#103612.
1636 2002-07-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1638 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): s/PAT/PATTERN/.
1639 From Martin Michlmayr.
1641 2002-07-08 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1643 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Remove unnecessary "$@" in example;
1644 Texinfo would render the @" as an umlaut over the following character.
1646 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Check for the above.
1648 2002-07-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1650 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Remove description of --secure.
1652 2002-07-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1654 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Rename --link/-l
1655 to --dereference/-L. Rewrite description of --dereference.
1657 2002-06-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1659 * coreutils.texi (Putting the tools together): Don't mention egrep,
1660 since it's not part of POSIX 1003.1-2001.
1662 2002-06-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1664 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): New section. From Michael Meskes.
1666 2002-05-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1668 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document new option: --author.
1670 2002-06-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1672 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Add the warning (also in the --help
1673 output) that the contents of a removed file are often recoverable.
1675 2002-05-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1677 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Adapt to reflect that now we use
1680 2002-05-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1682 * coreutils.texi: Use @acronym in place of most uses of @sc.
1683 * getdate.texi (Date input formats): Likewise.
1685 2002-04-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1687 * coreutils.texi: Change `@code{PROG}' to `@command{PROG}'.
1689 2002-04-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1691 * coreutils.texi (kill invocation): Document the above.
1692 Document POSIX signals better.
1694 2002-04-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1696 * coreutils.texi: Document kill.
1697 Written by Marcus Brinkmann.
1699 2002-04-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1701 * coreutils.texi: Document link and unlink.
1703 2002-04-08 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1705 * coreutils.texi: Use new directives, @copying and @insertcopying,
1706 thus now requiring texinfo-4.2 to create the .info file.
1708 2002-02-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1710 * coreutils.texi (File characteristic tests): Document the
1711 behavior of test -nt and -ot when one of the files does not exist,
1712 using the same behavior that is documented in ksh93.
1714 2002-03-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1716 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Say that selected input is
1717 written in the same order that it is read, and is written
1720 2002-03-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1722 Make cp -r equivalent to cp -R. Add a new cp option --copy-contents
1723 for people who want to emulate the traditional (and rarely desirable)
1726 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Document this.
1727 Fix some related minor bugs: --no-dereference is no longer
1728 equivalent to -d, and --archive (-a) can override the other
1729 symlink options. Warn that cp -R is not portable on symbolic
1730 links unless you also specify -P.
1732 2002-03-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1734 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Document that cp -r
1735 preserves symlinks. Emphasize non-portability of cp -r.
1737 2002-02-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1739 * coreutils.texi (Time directives): Add %N for nanoseconds.
1740 This documents the recent change to 'ls'.
1742 2002-02-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1744 * coreutils.texi (pr invocation): Reword to avoid using `:'
1745 in an @opindex entry -- info doesn't permit it.
1747 2002-02-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1749 * coreutils.texi (Formatting file timestamps): Document new
1750 time-formatting method: --time-style=+FORMAT.
1752 2002-02-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1754 * coreutils.texi (seq invocation): In the example, use "tail
1755 -n 3", not "tail -3", to conform to POSIX 1003.1-2001.
1757 2002-02-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1759 * coreutils.texi (tsort background): New section.
1760 From Ian Lance Taylor.
1761 (tsort invocation): Add a more realistic example.
1763 2002-02-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1765 * coreutils.texi: Document _POSIX2_VERSION.
1766 (Standards Conformance): New section.
1768 2002-01-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1770 * coreutils.texi (START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY): Remove a few entries
1771 and clean up a few others based on suggestions from Bob Proulx.
1773 2002-02-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1775 Add support for POSIX 1003.1-2001, which requires removal for
1776 support of obsolete "+" option syntax in sort, tail, and uniq.
1777 * coreutils.texi: Document this. (Also, document a similar
1778 change to "touch", for fileutils).
1780 2002-01-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1782 * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): List some journaled filesystems.
1784 2001-11-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1786 * coreutils.texi (Date directives): Document %u.
1788 2001-11-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1790 * coreutils.texi (paste invocation): Give examples.
1791 Thanks to Dan Jacobson for suggesting the examples.
1793 2001-11-05 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1795 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Recommend setting LC_ALL=C,
1796 not LC_COLLATE=C. Explain how the latter can cause problems.
1797 Based on a message from Paul Eggert.
1798 (ls invocation): Recommend setting LC_ALL=C, not LC_COLLATE=C.
1800 2001-10-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1802 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Describe --reply=...
1804 2001-10-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1806 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): `cp --no-dereference' is
1807 no longer equivalent to `cp -d'.
1808 `cp -d' is equivalent to `--no-dereference --preserve=links'.
1809 cp's -P option means --no-dereference, not --parents.
1810 Describe new optional argument to --preserve.
1811 Describe new option: --no-preserve=ATTRIBUTE_LIST.
1813 2001-09-23 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1815 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Redirect stderr of `grep -w' to
1816 /dev/null, so people with old versions of grep don't see the failure.
1818 2001-09-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1820 * coreutils.texi (mv invocation): Describe new option:
1821 --reply={yes,no,query}. Fix a few typos.
1823 2001-09-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1825 * coreutils.texi (uniq invocation): The input need not
1826 be sorted. Try to clarify -d versus -D versus -u.
1828 2001-09-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1830 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Document new option: -F.
1833 2001-09-04 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1835 * coreutils.texi (join invocation): Describe the GNU
1836 extension to join, which does not require sorted input when
1837 the input contains no unpairable lines.
1839 2001-09-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1842 New 'uname' options -i or --hardware-platform,
1843 and -o or --operating-system.
1844 'uname -a' now outputs -i and -o information at the end.
1845 New uname option --kernel-version is an alias for -v.
1846 Uname option --release has been renamed to --kernel-release,
1847 and --sysname has been renamed to --kernel-name;
1848 the old options will work for a while, but are no longer documented.
1850 2001-08-24 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
1852 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Document how cut treats lines
1855 2001-06-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1857 * coreutils.texi: expr now uses LC_COLLATE for string comparison,
1860 2001-08-25 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1862 * coreutils.texi: Use @option, rather than @samp everywhere.
1864 2001-06-21 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1866 * coreutils.texi: 'expr' now requires '+' rather than 'quote'
1869 2001-07-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1871 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Reflect 2001-07-08 change to
1874 2001-06-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1876 * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): Reflect renaming: s/omni-/core/.
1877 * coreutils.texi: Likewise.
1879 * coreutils.texi: New, renamed from omni-utils.texi.
1880 * omni-utils.texi: Removed, renamed to coreutils.texi.
1882 * omni-utils.texi (ls invocation): Mention the effect of locale.
1883 Reported by Keith Thompson.
1885 2001-05-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1887 * texinfo.tex: Update from master source.
1889 * omni-utils.texi (ls invocation): Document more clearly what ls
1890 does when given no arguments.
1892 2001-05-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1894 * textutils.texi: Remove file.
1896 * Makefile.am ($(DVIS), $(INFO_DEPS)): Depend on $(EXTRA_DIST).
1897 (DISABLED_constants.texi): New rule -- disabled for now.
1899 This directory is now shared by fileutils, textutils, and sh-utils.
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