1 2005-10-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
3 * coreutils.texi: Avoid a few overfull/underfull hboxes.
5 2005-09-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
7 * coreutils.texi (touch invocation):
8 "touch -" now touches standard output.
10 2005-09-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
12 * coreutils.texi (who invocation): Remove a stray '+'.
14 2005-09-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
16 * coreutils.texi (uname invocation): uname -a no longer generates
17 the -p and -i outputs if they are unknown.
19 2005-09-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
21 * coreutils.texi (Time conversion specifiers, Options for date):
22 Document date --rfc-3339 and new specifiers %:z, %::z, %:::z. Use
23 "date and time" consistently; the old version sometimes said "time
24 and date". Fix a minor bug in the documentation for --rfc-2822:
25 it claimed day-of-month < 10 had leading space, not leading zero.
26 Use a consistent format for terms like "RFC".
27 (uname invocation): Mention that Linux outputs "unknown" for
30 2005-09-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
32 * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Document "niceness" versus
33 "nice value" versus "scheduling priority".
35 2005-09-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
37 * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Use "niceness", not "nice value"
38 to talk about nice values offset by -20. Don't use the word
39 "priority" when niceness is intended.
41 2005-08-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
43 * coreutils.texi (join invocation): Itemize the defaults.
46 2005-08-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
48 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation, mv invocation): Remove square
49 brackets in --reply=[HOW]. Reported by Oscar Liljeblad.
51 2005-07-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
53 * coreutils.texi (md5sum invocation): --check now allows multiple
56 2005-07-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
58 * coreutils.texi (false invocation):
59 Mention that false is often built-in, and that it exits
60 with status >1 on some hosts.
61 (true invocation): Remove now-incorrect "non-POSIX mode" reference.
63 2005-07-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
65 * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): POSIXLY_CORRECT no longer
66 affects nohup's behavior. Input is redirected from /dev/null.
68 2005-07-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
70 * coreutils.texi (cat invocation): Remove -B or --binary option
71 (available on MS-DOS-like platforms only). Explain when text and
72 binary mode are used now.
73 (md5sum invocation): -b actually does have an effect on Unix: it
74 causes "*" to be output. Explain when text and binary mode are
77 2005-07-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
79 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Mark --reply as deprecated.
80 (mv invocation): Likewise.
82 2005-06-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
84 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Clarify how --reply=no works.
86 2005-06-14 William Brendling <wbrendling@gmail.com>
88 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): New options --last-time and
91 2005-06-19 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
93 * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Change a few `paths' to `file names'.
94 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Also catch uses of path, pathname.
96 2005-06-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
98 * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Clarify that shred
99 works on ext3 as long as it's not in data=journal mode.
100 Patch from Mark Melahn.
102 2005-06-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
104 * coreutils.texi (Backup options): Undocument --version-control=S (-V).
106 2005-06-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
108 * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Examples, from Bob Proulx.
110 2005-06-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
112 Use "file name" when talking about file names, instead of "filename"
113 or "path", as per the GNU coding standards.
114 * coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): "path component" ->
115 "component", since we don't use the POSIX "path" nomenclature.
117 2005-05-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
119 * getdate.texi (General date syntax): Don't say that date
120 date --iso-8601=ns generates acceptable dates; it doesn't yet.
121 Problem reported by Nic Ferrier.
123 2005-05-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
125 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): New flags "binary" and "text".
127 2005-05-04 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
129 * coreutils.texi (chmod invocation): chmod -w complains if its
130 behavior differs from what chmod a-w would do.
132 2005-05-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
134 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): ls --indicator-style=directory
135 renamed to ls --indicator-style=slash, to avoid confusion with ls
138 2005-04-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
140 * perm.texi (Mode Structure, Changing Special Permissions):
141 (Conditional Executability, Numeric Modes):
142 These days the sticky bit is more often uses as the restricted
143 deletion flag, so modernize the discussion about this.
144 (Mode Structure): Linux/GNU -> GNU/Linux.
145 (Symbolic Modes): Don't imply that "+ur" or "u" is valid.
146 (Setting Permissions): Don't imply that "+t" is invalid.
147 Use "rwx" rather than the less-common "rxw" in an example.
148 (Copying Permissions): Say that ugo is a replacement for
149 a string of the other letters. Add spaces around examples.
150 Use "set-user-ID" rather than "set user ID" to avoid ambiguity.
151 Use "+t" rather than "o+t", since POSIX doesn't specify the latter.
152 Mention which combinations are portable and which are GNU.
153 (Numeric Modes): Don't imply they aren't portable; they are
156 2005-04-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
158 * coreutils.texi (Standards conformance): Do not mention head -10,
159 since it now works the same regardless of POSIX version.
160 (od invocation): -w N -> -w[N].
161 (pr invocation): -S STRING -> -SSTRING.
162 (fold invocation): -WIDTH works even when conforming to POSIX
164 (head invocation, tail invocation): Likewise for -NUM.
165 (split invocation): Likewise for -LINES.
166 (uniq invocation): Likewise for -N.
167 (expand invocation, unexpand invocation): Likewise for -TAB.
168 (nice invocation): Likewise for -ADJUSTMENT.
169 (sort invocation): Clarify explanation of +N option.
170 (uniq invocation): Likewise.
171 (join invocation): Remove special case for --help, --version.
172 (touch invocation): Clarify explanation of date options.
173 (Options for date): -I timespec -> -I[timespec].
175 2005-04-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
177 * coreutils.texi (install invocation): Use a= instead of 0 for
178 the point of departure for -m, and explain what it meeams.
179 (mkdir invocation, mkfifo invocation, mknod invocation):
180 The umask does not affect the point of departure.
181 Problem reported by Mike Stone.
183 2005-04-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
185 * coreutils.texi: For consistency, standardize on "user ID" rather
186 than "uid" or "UID" or "user id". Similarly for "group ID".
188 2005-04-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
190 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Say that --recursive removes
191 listed directories too, not just their contents.
193 2005-04-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
195 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document the distinction between
196 INFO and USR1 for dd, and the effect of POSIXLY_CORRECT here.
198 2005-04-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
200 * coreutils.texi (cat invocation, chown invocation)
201 (chgrp invocation, basename invocation, dirname invocation):
202 Add examples, which are copies of the examples newly added
203 to the usage messages.
204 (ln invocation): Use same format as other examples above,
207 2005-03-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
209 * coreutils.texi: Clarify NUL vs null byte vs null character.
211 2005-03-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
213 * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): Clarify nohup.out creation.
215 2005-03-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
217 * coreutils.texi (Formatting file timestamps): Very long timestamps
218 may be treated as errors.
220 2005-03-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
222 * coreutils.texi (date invocation): Use an example that makes it
223 clear tha the default date use space-padded day of month.
224 Replace "directive" with "conversion specifier" to be consistent
225 with POSIX. All uses changed.
226 Fix menu RHS to match actual directive lists.
227 (Time conversion specifiers): Renamed from Time directives.
228 Use @samp consistently, sometimes instead of @code.
229 Consistently ention which specifiers are GNU extensions.
230 Give more examples (in some cases, instead of ranges).
231 Say why %F is preferred for dates.
232 (Date conversion specifiers): Renamed from Date directives.
233 Likewise for other changes.
234 (Padding and other flags): Correct the description.
235 Document #. Give an example for %9B.
237 2005-02-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
239 * coreutils.texi: Adjust to match current strftime.c.
240 (Time directives): Say that %k, %l, and %P are GNU extensions.
241 For %p and %P, mention handling of noon and midnight.
242 For %s, use ISO 8601, and mention handling of leap seconds.
243 For %S, clarify mention of leap seconds.
244 For %T, say that it's the same as %H:%M:%S.
245 For %X, don't say that it must be the same as %H:%M:%S.
246 For %z and %Z, clarify which time zones are used. These options
247 are now affected by --date, so don't claim that they're not.
248 (Date directives): %C is now all but the last two chars of %Y.
249 For %D, say that it's equivalent to %m/%d/%y.
250 For %e, use blank in example.
251 For %h, use @code for %b.
252 For %Y, mention what happens with outlandish years.
253 (Padding and other flags): Renamed from Padding.
254 Mention that the flags are GNU extensions.
255 Mention the 0 and ^ flags.
256 Mention field widths an modifiers.
257 (Examples of date): - is a flag, not a modifier.
259 2005-01-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
261 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Specify that a string
262 of zero digits is interpreted as 0. Reported by Ulrich Hermisson.
264 2005-01-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
266 * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Clarify that shred works fine
267 with journaled file systems that are configured not to journal
268 file system data. Also mention BFS and NTFS.
270 2004-12-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
272 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Change minor problem to be
273 "subdirectory not found", since top-level trouble is now serious.
274 (dircolors invocation): Quote argument to eval. Problem reported
275 by Stephane Chazelas.
277 2004-12-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
279 * coreutils.texi (join invocation): Mention that blank separators
280 in the -o option need to be quoted. Problem reported by Phil Clayton.
282 2004-12-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
284 * coreutils.texi (id invocation): -G also prints main group.
285 Problem reported by Tim Waugh.
287 2004-12-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
289 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document new "ls" exit status.
291 2004-12-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
293 * getdate.texi (Time of day items, Time zone items):
294 Describe new formats +00:00, UTC+00:00.
296 2004-12-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
298 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Say when --complement is useful.
300 2004-10-01 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
302 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Document --complement and
303 adjust the documentation of -b, -c, -f.
305 2004-11-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
307 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Use if=/dev/null rather
308 than :|. Problem reported by Dan Jacobson.
309 Use "seek=2GiB" rather than the wordier "seek=`echo '2^31'|bc`".
310 Say "KiB" not the (inaccurate) "kilobytes".
311 Similarly for "GiB" and "gigabytes".
313 2004-11-16 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
315 * coreutils.texi: Changes inspired by Debian coreutils 5.2.1-2.
316 (General output formatting): -x doesn't have an operand.
317 (Formatting the file names): Warn that even with -N unprintable
318 chars are still printed as '?' some times.
319 (rm invocation): Reword rm -d to note that it's sometimes useful
321 (logname invocation, users invocation, who invocation):
322 The utmp and wtmp file names vary from system to system.
324 * getdate.texi (General date syntax): "next" is 1, not 2.
325 Document that "second" isn't allowed as an ordinal number.
327 2004-11-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
329 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Reword the new dd message.
331 2004-11-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
333 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): dd now outputs total bytes,
334 seconds, and bytes per second.
336 2004-11-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
338 * Makefile.am (_W, W_): New macros.
339 (check-texinfo): Use them instead of assuming grep -w (which is not
342 2004-10-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
344 * coreutils.texi: Document TZ better, and adjust to new getdate.texi.
346 (pr invocation, Formatting file timestamps, touch invocation,
347 stat invocation, who invocation, date invocation, Options for date):
349 * getdate.texi: Sync from gnulib.
351 2004-10-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
353 * coreutils.texi (Standards conformance): Use "head -10" rather
354 than "head -1" as example of obsolete usage, since the POSIX
355 consensus is that "head -1" could be supported even if we don't
356 yet have clear consensus on "head -10". See today's revision to
358 <http://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/single_unix_faq.html>.
360 2004-10-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
362 * coreutils.texi (pathchk invocation): Options must precede operands.
364 2004-10-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
366 * coreutils.texi (pathchk invocation): Overall lengths are
367 OS limits, not file system limits. Component length checks
368 apply to all components, not merely to existing ones. Say
369 that nonexistent names are not errors. For -p, omit all
370 checks based on the underlying file system, not merely length
371 checks. Explain what the portable file name character set is.
373 2004-10-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
375 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Mention ISO/IEC 10646 as
376 well as Unicode. Various minor formatting cleanups.
378 2004-10-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
380 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Move LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE
381 index entries to proper paragraph.
383 2004-10-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
385 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Add `builtin' and `builtins' to
386 the list of words to avoid.
388 2004-10-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
390 * coreutils.texi (Special built-in utilities): New node.
391 (printf invocation): builtin -> built-in, for consistency
392 with POSIX terminology.
393 (test invocation, pwd invocation):
394 Use specific rather than generic language to warn about
396 (chroot invocation, env invocation, nice invocation, nohup invocation):
397 Warn that command must not be a special built-in.
398 (env invocation): Warn about environment variables with unusual
399 spellings, or duplicates.
401 2004-09-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
403 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document "ls --hide".
405 2004-09-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
407 * coreutils.texi (chmod invocation): Warn about "chmod -w file".
409 2004-09-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
411 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Fix bugs in the description of
412 the obsolete syntax (e.g., it does not support -k or -m). Warn
413 about usages like "tail -" and "tail -c 4" that are ambigous on
416 2004-09-20 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
418 * coreutils.texi (mv invocation, rm invocation): Say "the response
419 is affirmative" rather than "the response begins with y or Y",
420 so that the documentation is accurate in non-English locales.
421 Problem reported by Munzir Taha.
423 2004-09-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
425 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Distinguish between options
426 (e.g., --help) and operands (e.g., if=file). Move miscellaneous
427 stuff after the operand descriptions, for clarity.
429 2004-09-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
431 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): -u disables the last-resort
432 comparison, too. Revamp its description.
433 (test invocation): Document -r, -w, -x more carefully.
435 2004-09-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
437 * coreutils.texi (Common options): Some programs don't reorder
439 (tr invocation, echo invocation, printf invocation, test invocation,
440 expr invocation, basename invocation, chroot invocation,
441 nice invocation, nohup invocation, seq invocation):
442 This program doesn't reorder options.
443 (tr invocation): Mention --help, --version, --.
444 (echo invocation): Mention that -- isn't special.
445 (test invocation): Mention that the expression is optional,
446 and that test ! EXPR is like ! test EXPR.
447 Mention that -h and -L don't dereference symlinks.
448 (expr invocation): Mention --help, --version.
450 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Add remarks about sort -u
451 versus sort | uniq. Prompted by a question from Andrew Noymer.
453 2004-09-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
455 * coreutils.texi (od invocation): Several changes for POSIX
456 and FreeBSD compatibility. Add support for XSI syntax
457 (POSIX 1003.1-2004). Rename -s[N] to -S N. Remove documentation
458 for -h. -i is now -t dI (not d2) and -l is now -t dL (not d4).
460 2004-09-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
462 * coreutils.texi (String tests): Improve quality of warning about
463 quoting strings for the shell.
465 2004-09-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
467 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Specify which conversion options
468 are mutually exclusive. Give a bit more detail about ascii,
469 ebcdic, and ibm conversions.
471 2004-08-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
473 POSIX-conformance fixes for "expand" and "unexpand".
474 * coreutils.texi: Standardize on "tab stop" (the POSIX usage)
475 rather than "tabstop".
476 (unexpand invocation): Use "blank" rather than "space" when
477 POSIX requires "blank". Define "blank". Initial blanks are
478 converted even if there's just one. For -a, convert two or
479 more blanks only if they occur just before a tab stop.
481 2004-08-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
483 * coreutils.texi (chown invocation): Fix synopsis:
484 group must always be preceded by separator.
485 "chown : file" and "chown '' file" don't change the owner or group.
486 Update the explanation of what happens to the set-user-ID or
487 set-group-ID bits, e.g., they sometimes are not cleared if they
488 denote mandatory locking. Change "find"-oriented examples to use
491 2004-08-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
493 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Clarify how "printf" is
494 supposed to work with extra arguments, missing arguments, etc.
496 2004-08-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
498 POSIX-conformance fixes for "-" used as an operand.
499 * coreutils.texi (Common options): Clarify that "-" means
500 stdin/stdout only when it is an operand, not when it is an
502 (shred invocation): "shred -- -" is equivalent to "shred -",
504 (tee invocation): "tee -" means to copy (again) to stdout.
506 2004-07-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
508 * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Document the "nice value", and
509 how it affects the scheduling priority. (The old documentation
510 implied that the nice value equaled the scheduling priority, which
511 isn't accurate.) Document that the range of nice values might
512 exceed -20..19. Specify what happens when you give a nice value
513 that is out of range, or when you don't have permissions to lower
514 the nice value. Bash doesn't have a builtin 'nice', so don't say
515 "most shells" have one.
517 2004-04-03 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>
519 * coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Document new
520 "readlink -f" behaviour and new canonicalize options, -e and -m.
522 2004-07-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
524 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Disallow `filename' in .texi files.
525 Spell it like `file name' instead, to be consistent.
526 Fail if a @footnote directive follows non-punctuation.
527 Fail upon use of @url. Use @uref instead.
529 2004-07-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
531 * coreutils.texi (Common options, Target directory, cp invocation,
532 install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation): Add -t as a
533 short option for --target-directory, and -T as a short option for
534 --no-target-directory. Clean up relevant synopses a bit, so that
535 the language is similar for all.
537 2004-06-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
539 * coreutils.texi: Put the right amount of space at sentence ends.
540 Make sure "i.e." and "e.g." are followed by commas (the GNU style).
541 Put blank lines before and after every @example, prefer the
542 previous line to end in ":" (when not a sentence end, for consistency),
543 and prepend @noindent to the following line when appropriate.
544 In examples, use "--" arguments when needed to prevent undesired
545 interpretation of operands as options.
546 Use "file name" rather than "filename", as per the GNU coding standards.
547 Remove unwanted spaces before @footnote.
548 Use "---" when appropriate, instead of " -- ".
549 Use "name" (or something like that) rather than "path" or "pathname",
550 since the GNU coding standards don't allow "path".
551 Use @acronym, @command, @minus{}, @samp in a few places,
553 (Target directory): Clarify description of example.
554 (fmt invocation): Give issue number for reference, and reword
556 (sort invocation): Note that xargs without -0 also mishandles
557 file names containing some special characters other than newline.
558 (Translating): Mention that \012 is not universally portable.
559 Use '\0' rather than '\000'.
560 (Squeezing): bourne -> Bourne.
561 Fix unportable usage of '\n' by replacing it with '[\n*]'.
562 (More details about version sort): Remove unnecessary indent
564 (dd invocation): Use 'kill -s USR1', not 'kill -USR1', as POSIX
565 indicates that the former is more portable (the latter is an XSI
567 (shred invocation): Use @uref rather than @url, and use a more-typical
569 (kill invocation): Clarify usage; for example, "kill -s TERM -1"
571 (seq invocation): Reword to avoid implying that printf necessarily
572 fails for numbers outside the 32-bit range. Prefer separating
573 options from their operands.
574 (Opening the software toolbox): Give an online reference to
575 Robbins's article, and give a date. Don't imply that the
576 current documentation is unchanged from his article.
577 (Putting the tools together): Rework examples so that they don't
578 assume the C locale; nowadays many users now operate outside the C
579 locale by default. While we're at it, don't assume ASCII either.
580 Indent example to match actual output from GNU uniq. Remove some
581 unnecessary and confusing brackets from 'tr' operands. "Software
582 Tools in Pascal" is back in print, according to Amazon anyway.
583 Add references to Kernighan's online copies of examples.
585 2004-06-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
587 * coreutils.texi, perm.texi: Standardize on "file system" rather
588 than "filesystem", as POSIX prefers it with a space.
590 2004-06-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
592 * coreutils.texi (Common options, Target directory, cp
593 invocation, install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation):
595 (link invocation): Explain how to rewrite link using ln now
596 that we have --no-target-directory.
597 (ln invocation): Explain that --no-target-directory subsumes
599 (unlink invocation): Modify wording to match new wording in
602 2004-06-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
604 * coreutils.texi (install invocation): Document
605 --target-directory in synopsis, too.
607 2004-06-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
609 * coreutils.texi (yes invocation): "--" is now supported.
610 (false invocation, true invocation): --help and --version now
611 work unconditionally.
613 2004-06-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
615 * coreutils.texi: Remove menu references to just-removed subsection.
617 2004-06-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
619 * coreutils.texi (tr invocation): Remove the section describing
620 how POSIXLY_CORRECT changes tr's behavior.
622 2004-06-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
624 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Clarify what --output-delimiter=STR
625 does with byte/character ranges.
627 2004-06-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
629 * coreutils.texi (tr invocation): Mention -C.
631 2004-05-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
633 * coreutils.texi (echo invocation): Document today's changes.
635 2004-05-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
637 chgrp and chown now dereference symlinks by default, per POSIX.
638 * coreutils.texi (chgrp invocation, chown invocation): Document it.
640 2004-05-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
642 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Document that "sort -m -o F"
643 might write F before reading all the input.
645 2004-05-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
647 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Change IO to I/O.
648 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Check for the above.
650 2004-04-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
652 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Mention -k earlier, so
653 that the options are in alphabetical order. Describe how -b works
654 more-accurately; this involves fixing some examples, too. Mention
655 what happens if the start field falls after an end field or after
656 a line end. Warn about using -k without -b, -g, -M, -n, or -t.
657 Add an example of how to sort IPv4 addresses and Apache Common
658 Log Format dates. Remove a duplicate example.
659 (Putting the tools together): Use separate options rather
660 than agglomerating them.
662 2004-03-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
664 cp -pu and mv -u (when copying) now take the destination
665 file system time stamp resolution into account.
667 * coreutils.texi (mv invocation): Document this.
668 (cp invocation): Document -u (it was missing!) with new behavior.
670 2004-04-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
672 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Remove noctty flag from dd.
674 2004-04-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
676 New dd conv= symbols nocreat, excl, fdatasync, fsync,
677 and new dd options iflag= and oflag=.
679 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document them.
681 2004-04-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
683 * coreutils.texi (stty invocation - Input): Document new iutf8 option.
685 2004-04-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
687 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Correct --format description.
689 2004-02-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
691 * coreutils.texi (Block size): Document new envvar BLOCKSIZE.
693 2004-03-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
695 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Add a check to ensure future
696 consistency in using @sc{nul}, not `NUL'.
698 2004-03-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
700 * coreutils.texi: Use @sc{nul} consistently for NUL.
701 (du invocation): FILE0 -> FILE.
703 2004-03-23 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
705 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): --files0-from is useful with
706 --total (-c), not with --summarize.
708 2004-03-22 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
710 * coreutils.texi: Tweak a few lines that resulted in
711 `overfull hbox' warnings.
713 2004-03-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
715 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Document new option: --file0-from=F.
717 2004-02-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
719 * coreutils.texi (touch invocation):
720 Describe use of fractional seconds.
721 (date invocation, Options for date): Likewise.
722 * getdate.texi (General date syntax, Time of day items): Likewise.
723 * coreutils.texi (date invocation): Mention effect of LC_TIME.
724 (Options for date): Describe new --iso-8601=ns option.
726 * getdate.texi: Add copyright notice. Change getdate to
727 get_date when talking about the function name.
728 (Seconds since the Epoch): New section, containing the time_t
729 info moved from Date input formats section, along with new
730 info about the @ syntax. Mention negative time stamps,
731 fractional time stamps, and leap seconds.
732 (General date syntax): Modernize examples a bit to reflect new
734 (General date syntax, Relative items in date strings):
735 Use ' rather than " to quote formats.
736 (Time of day items): Add an example with fractional seconds.
737 Describe fractional-second syntax.
739 2004-03-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
741 * coreutils.texi (date invocation): Add missing `C' to %[...] range
742 in the `Date directives:: ...' menu entry. From Bob Proulx.
744 * coreutils.texi: Add FIXME comment:
745 The following don't have `invocation' nodes: [, pinky, shasum, uptime.
747 2004-03-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
749 * coreutils.texi (Sorting the output): Remove description of
750 ls's --sort=directory option. ls doesn't accept that option, yet.
751 Reported by Arvind Autar.
753 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Improve description of
754 cp's --sparse=WHEN option.
756 * coreutils.texi (nl invocation): Specify that these are _basic_
757 regular expressions (BRE), and add a link to grep's documentation.
758 Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
760 2004-02-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
762 * coreutils.texi (chown invocation): Document that chown now falls
763 back on USER.GROUP parsing regardless of POSIX version, as POSIX
764 1003.1-2001 allows that behavior as a compatible extension.
766 2004-02-22 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
768 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Mention that using du's -H option
769 currently evokes a warning.
771 2004-02-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
773 * coreutils.texi (expr invocation):
774 Document what forms integers may take, and say "integer"
775 consistently instead of "number". Warn about operands
776 that "expr" can misinterpret, and how to work around the
779 2004-02-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
781 * coreutils.texi (csplit invocation): Correct typo (s/LINE/N/)
782 in description of `N' pattern. From Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
784 2004-02-11 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
786 * coreutils.texi (Time directives): The %s value *is* changed by the
787 --date=DATE option; don't say otherwise. Patch from Padraig Brady.
789 2004-02-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
791 * coreutils.texi (Formatting the file names):
792 Improve wording for --quoting-style documentation.
793 Suggestions by Bruno Haible.
795 2004-02-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
797 * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Add examples.
798 Prompted by a suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
799 (factor invocation): Add an example.
800 Update timing numbers for a more modern CPU.
802 2004-01-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
804 * coreutils.texi (seq invocation): Remove `@dots{}' at end of synopsis.
805 Separate `Synopses' section into three examples.
806 Clarify first paragraph. @w{}-protect an expression.1
807 Use @option{--option}, rather than @code{--option}.
809 2004-01-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
811 * coreutils.texi (Exit status): Document that ordinary failure
812 might not exit with status 1 on unusual platforms.
813 Mention chroot, env, nice, and su as having unusual exit
814 status patterns. Don't bother to mention true and false
815 since their exit status patterns are actually normal.
816 (sort invocation, su invocation): Mention its unusual exit
818 (chroot invocation): Simplify description of exit status 1.
819 Remove duplicate description of status 127.
820 (env invocation): Use consistent tenses; simplifiy description
822 (nice invocation): Likewise.
824 2003-12-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
826 * coreutils.texi (touch invocation): touch -r and -d can now
827 both be specified, with -r specifying the origin for -d.
829 2004-01-15 Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@kemisten.nu>
831 Factor out some common options.
832 * coreutils.texi (Common options): Define macros here.
833 (What information is listed, cp invocation): Use the macro(s).
834 (install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation): Likewise.
835 (df invocation, du invocation): Likewise.
837 2004-01-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
839 Document the exit status of each and every program.
840 * coreutils.texi (yes invocation): Document that a write error
841 makes `yes' exit unsuccessfully.
842 (chroot invocation): Enumerate the meaning of exit status values.
843 (nice invocation): Likewise.
844 (Exit status) [@macro exitstatus]: New macro.
845 Use @exitstatus to describe the exit status of most programs.
847 2004-01-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
849 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Mention that -H will eventually
850 mean not --si, but --dereference-args (-D).
852 2003-12-20 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
854 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Describe new option: -0, --null.
856 2003-12-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
858 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed, chroot invocation):
859 Adjust example 'ls' output to match new behavior with narrower
861 (The cut command): Remove example that cut the output of
862 'ls -l'. The output was incorrect even with the old 'ls', and
863 the whole idea of using 'cut' on 'ls -l' output is bogus anyway.
865 2003-11-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
867 Parse floating-point operands and options in the C locale.
868 POSIX requires this for printf, and we might as well be
869 consistent elsewhere (tail, sleep, seq).
871 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation, printf invocation,
872 sleep invocation, seq invocation): Document this.
874 2003-11-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
876 * coreutils.texi (Traversing symlinks, Treating / specially):
878 (rm invocation, chown invocation, chmod invocation, chgrp invocation):
879 Describe new options, --preserve-root and --no-preserve-root.
881 2003-11-11 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
883 * coreutils.texi (chown invocation) [chownchgrpoptions]: New macro
884 describing -H, -L, -P options. Use it here.
885 (chgrp invocation): And here.
887 2003-11-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
889 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Fix typo in example.
891 2003-10-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
893 * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Note that --directory, -d, -F
894 probably won't work even for superuser. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
896 2003-09-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
898 * coreutils.texi (csplit invocation):
899 The regexp offset need not have a sign; POSIX requires support
902 2003-10-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
904 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Describe -P, --no-dereference.
906 2003-09-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
908 * coreutils.texi (Translating): Correct typo in menu description.
911 2003-09-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
913 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): -d now overrides -i.
914 "whitespace" -> "blanks"; "whitespace" isn't correct.
915 -t '\0' now specifies a NUL tab.
917 2003-08-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
919 * coreutils.texi (who invocation): Add an entry for -l, --login.
920 Remove `-l' from the entry for --lookup.
921 (who invocation): Begin adding missing option documentation.
923 2003-08-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
925 * coreutils.texi (split invocation):
926 Add -d or --numeric-suffixes option to 'split'.
928 2003-07-31 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
930 * getdate.texi (General date syntax): Add --rfc-2822 option to GNU date.
931 * coreutils.texi (Options for date): Fix a typo in format:
932 it's now %d not %_d. Add URLs.
934 2003-07-31 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
936 * getdate.texi (Relative items in date strings): Warn about
937 fuzz in relative units.
939 2003-07-29 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
941 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Restore two end-of-sentence words
942 that were mistakenly removed on 2002-09-13. Reported by Paul Worrall.
944 2003-07-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
946 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Explain that a SIGUSR1 signal
947 makes dd give a progress report to stderr.
949 2003-07-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
951 * coreutils.texi: Document changes of 2003-07-24.
953 2003-07-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
955 * coreutils.texi (su invocation): Use `@subsection', not invalid
958 2003-07-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
960 * coreutils.texi (expr invocation): Exit status is 2 if the
961 expression is syntactically invalid, 3 if there is some other error.
962 This change is for conformance to POSIX.
964 2003-07-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
966 * coreutils.texi (uname invocation): Explain the POSIX
967 terminology behind uname -m and uname -s.
969 2003-07-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
971 * coreutils.texi (chown invocation): Warn that chown
972 now clears set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits on some systems.
974 (nohup invocation): Tell what happens when stdout is not a terminal.
975 Based on a suggestion from Steven Mocking.
977 2003-07-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
979 * coreutils.texi (Standards conformance): Mention that uses like
980 `tail -1' and `head -1', like `sort +1', are non conforming.
981 (chown invocation): Say that using `.' as a separator may not work.
983 2003-06-25 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
985 * coreutils.texi (Time directives) [%s]: Add a cross reference
986 to the related examples.
987 (Examples of date): Add an @anchor here, along with a few more examples.
988 Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
990 2003-06-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
992 * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Tweak wording: wc prints counts in
993 the order `newline, word, byte'. Suggestion from Keith M. Briggs.
994 Also change `lines' to `newlines'.
996 2003-05-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
998 * coreutils.texi (head invocation): Document --bytes=-N and --lines=-N.
1000 2003-05-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1002 * coreutils.texi (uniq invocation, squeezing, The uniq command):
1003 Use "repeated" rather than "duplicate" to describe adjacent
1004 duplicates; this simplifies the description and makes it more
1005 consistent with POSIX.
1006 (uniq invocation): Make it clear that -d and -u suppress the
1007 output of lines, rather than cause some lines to be output.
1008 Mention what happens if a line lacks enough fields or characters.
1010 2003-05-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1012 * coreutils.texi (true invocation): Mention that it is possible to
1013 make true --help or true --version (in non-POSIX mode) exit nonzero.
1014 Suggestion from Paul Eggert.
1016 2003-05-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1018 * coreutils.texi (Exit status): Remove `uniq' from the list.
1019 It uses standard exit codes.
1020 (More details about version sort): Note that strverscmp, and hence
1021 `ls -v', does not use LC_COLLATE. Reported by From: Andrey Borzenkov.
1023 2003-04-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1025 Fix printf POSIX compatibility bug reported by Ben Harris in
1026 <http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2003-04/msg00070.html>.
1027 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): It's \NNN in the format,
1028 \0NNN in the %b operand.
1030 2003-04-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1032 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Check for uses of non-zero.
1033 I prefer to spell it `nonzero'.
1035 * coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Tweak description a little.
1037 2003-04-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1039 * Makefile.am (constants.texi): Rename target (thus enabling it),
1040 now that fileutils, textutils, and sh-utils have been merged.
1041 (MAINTAINERCLEANFILES): Define.
1043 2003-04-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1045 * coreutils.texi (false invocation): Note that false exits
1046 unsuccessfully even with --help and --version.
1048 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Don't fail if perl is missing.
1049 Reported by Nelson Beebe.
1051 2003-03-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1053 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Fix formatting bugs.
1055 (sort invocation): Describe sort's --stable (-s) option.
1057 2003-03-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1059 * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Mention that --exact
1060 is now the default for non-regular files.
1062 2003-03-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1064 * coreutils.texi (Exit status): New section.
1065 Suggestion from Michael Stone.
1067 2003-02-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1069 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Document --apparent-size.
1070 Adjust documentation of --bytes (-b).
1071 (stat invocation): Describe %B.
1073 2003-02-07 Richard Dawe <rich@phekda.freeserve.co.uk>
1075 * coreutils.texi: Use @command instead of @code for program names.
1077 * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Mention filesystem-specific
1078 permissions and that mounting a filesystem as read-only may
1079 override actual file permissions. Use @command instead
1080 of @code for program names.
1082 2003-02-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1084 * coreutils.texi: Adjust alignment and mention `file, text, shell'
1085 on the `* Coreutils:...' dirently line. From Karl Berry.
1087 2003-02-05 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1089 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Allow bare `POSIX' to be used on
1092 * coreutils.texi: Use new form of @direntry.
1093 Put unlink in its proper place. Adjust wording in some
1094 dir entry descriptions, mainly so they fit in 80 columns.
1095 Don't use mark-up like @acronym{POSIX} in direntries.
1096 Mostly from Karl Berry.
1098 2003-01-25 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1100 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Describe new functionality of
1101 --output-delimiter=STR.
1103 2003-01-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1105 * coreutils.texi (The cut command): Give an example of using cut -c
1106 with an output delimiter. From Jan Nieuwenhuizen.
1108 * coreutils.texi (The cut command): Extend the new example a little.
1109 (Formatting file timestamps): Fix typo: s/%M:S/%M:%S/.
1111 * coreutils.texi: Change each use of `Core-utils' to `Coreutils'.
1114 2003-01-19 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1116 * coreutils.texi (Which files are listed): Document new option:
1117 --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir.
1119 2003-01-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1121 Change ls -H back to the way it was yesterday, since this is
1122 compatible with FreeBSD and the POSIX spec is confusing
1123 and somewhat contradictory.
1125 * coreutils.texi (Which files are listed, General output
1126 formatting): Undo last change.
1128 2003-01-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1130 * coreutils.texi (General output formatting): Reflect option name change:
1131 s/--dereference-command-line/--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir/.
1132 Say that this option changes how ls treats only symlinks to directories
1133 specified on the command line.
1135 2002-08-27 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>
1137 * coreutils.texi: Document readlink.
1139 2002-12-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1141 * coreutils.texi (mknod invocation): Specify how major and minor mode
1142 numbers are interpreted. Report forwarded by Kristin E Thomas.
1144 2002-11-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1146 * coreutils.texi (Examples of expr): Remove bogus `^'s.
1147 Reported by Thomas Goerlich.
1149 2002-11-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1151 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed) [--dired]:
1152 Correct parts of --dired description. Reported by Andre Spiegel.
1153 Include a lot more description, with examples.
1155 2002-11-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1157 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Fix typo in index:
1158 change \0x prefix to \x.
1159 Change \xhhh to \xhh.
1161 2002-10-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1163 Add support for locale-specific size indications (e.g.,
1164 thousands-separators) and for explicit size suffixes on output.
1166 * coreutils.texi (Block size): Say that:
1167 This affects display format as well as block size.
1168 Fractional block counts are rounded up.
1169 ls file size blocksize defaults to 1.
1170 A block size spec preceded by ' generates thousands separators.
1171 A suffix without a preceding integer generates suffixes.
1172 (tail invocation): 32k -> 32 KiB.
1173 (What information is listed): ls -h is now equivalent to
1174 ls --block-size=human, and ls -H is now equivalent to
1175 ls --block-size=si. Displayed file size is now always affected by
1178 2002-09-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1180 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): In --sleep-interval=NUMBER,
1181 NUMBER may now be a floating point number.
1182 (stat invocation): Remove references to now-removed %S and %C.
1183 (Time directives) [%S]: Explain why the range is [0..60].
1185 2002-08-30 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1187 * coreutils.texi [START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY]: Don't use sc{} on LHS.
1188 Fix typo: s/permission/permissions/. From Michail Litvak.
1190 2002-08-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1192 * coreutils.texi (uniq invocation): uniq now obeys LC_COLLATE.
1194 2002-07-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1196 * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): Change behavior to conform to
1198 - Do not adjust scheduling priority.
1199 - Redirects stderr to stdout, if stderr is not a terminal.
1200 - Exit status is now 126 if command was found but not invoked,
1201 127 if nohup failed or if command was not found.
1203 2002-07-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1205 * coreutils.texi (Time directives): Document %P, %R, %e, %F,
1208 2002-07-22 Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
1210 * coreutils.texi (Formatting the file names): Document
1211 that -N/--literal are equivalent to --quoting-style=literal.
1212 Reported by Oskar Liljeblad as Debian bug#103612.
1214 2002-07-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1216 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): s/PAT/PATTERN/.
1217 From Martin Michlmayr.
1219 2002-07-08 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1221 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Remove unnecessary "$@" in example;
1222 Texinfo would render the @" as an umlaut over the following character.
1224 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Check for the above.
1226 2002-07-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1228 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Remove description of --secure.
1230 2002-07-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1232 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Rename --link/-l
1233 to --dereference/-L. Rewrite description of --dereference.
1235 2002-06-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1237 * coreutils.texi (Putting the tools together): Don't mention egrep,
1238 since it's not part of POSIX 1003.1-2001.
1240 2002-06-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1242 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): New section. From Michael Meskes.
1244 2002-05-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1246 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document new option: --author.
1248 2002-06-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1250 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Add the warning (also in the --help
1251 output) that the contents of a removed file are often recoverable.
1253 2002-05-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1255 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Adapt to reflect that now we use
1258 2002-05-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1260 * coreutils.texi: Use @acronym in place of most uses of @sc.
1261 * getdate.texi (Date input formats): Likewise.
1263 2002-04-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1265 * coreutils.texi: Change `@code{PROG}' to `@command{PROG}'.
1267 2002-04-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1269 * coreutils.texi (kill invocation): Document the above.
1270 Document POSIX signals better.
1272 2002-04-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1274 * coreutils.texi: Document kill.
1275 Written by Marcus Brinkmann.
1277 2002-04-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1279 * coreutils.texi: Document link and unlink.
1281 2002-04-08 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1283 * coreutils.texi: Use new directives, @copying and @insertcopying,
1284 thus now requiring texinfo-4.2 to create the .info file.
1286 2002-02-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1288 * coreutils.texi (File characteristic tests): Document the
1289 behavior of test -nt and -ot when one of the files does not exist,
1290 using the same behavior that is documented in ksh93.
1292 2002-03-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1294 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Say that selected input is
1295 written in the same order that it is read, and is written
1298 2002-03-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1300 Make cp -r equivalent to cp -R. Add a new cp option --copy-contents
1301 for people who want to emulate the traditional (and rarely desirable)
1304 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Document this.
1305 Fix some related minor bugs: --no-dereference is no longer
1306 equivalent to -d, and --archive (-a) can override the other
1307 symlink options. Warn that cp -R is not portable on symbolic
1308 links unless you also specify -P.
1310 2002-03-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1312 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Document that cp -r
1313 preserves symlinks. Emphasize non-portability of cp -r.
1315 2002-02-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1317 * coreutils.texi (Time directives): Add %N for nanoseconds.
1318 This documents the recent change to 'ls'.
1320 2002-02-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1322 * coreutils.texi (pr invocation): Reword to avoid using `:'
1323 in an @opindex entry -- info doesn't permit it.
1325 2002-02-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1327 * coreutils.texi (Formatting file timestamps): Document new
1328 time-formatting method: --time-style=+FORMAT.
1330 2002-02-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1332 * coreutils.texi (seq invocation): In the example, use "tail
1333 -n 3", not "tail -3", to conform to POSIX 1003.1-2001.
1335 2002-02-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1337 * coreutils.texi (tsort background): New section.
1338 From Ian Lance Taylor.
1339 (tsort invocation): Add a more realistic example.
1341 2002-02-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1343 * coreutils.texi: Document _POSIX2_VERSION.
1344 (Standards Conformance): New section.
1346 2002-01-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1348 * coreutils.texi (START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY): Remove a few entries
1349 and clean up a few others based on suggestions from Bob Proulx.
1351 2002-02-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1353 Add support for POSIX 1003.1-2001, which requires removal for
1354 support of obsolete "+" option syntax in sort, tail, and uniq.
1355 * coreutils.texi: Document this. (Also, document a similar
1356 change to "touch", for fileutils).
1358 2002-01-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1360 * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): List some journaled filesystems.
1362 2001-11-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1364 * coreutils.texi (Date directives): Document %u.
1366 2001-11-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1368 * coreutils.texi (paste invocation): Give examples.
1369 Thanks to Dan Jacobson for suggesting the examples.
1371 2001-11-05 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1373 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Recommend setting LC_ALL=C,
1374 not LC_COLLATE=C. Explain how the latter can cause problems.
1375 Based on a message from Paul Eggert.
1376 (ls invocation): Recommend setting LC_ALL=C, not LC_COLLATE=C.
1378 2001-10-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1380 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Describe --reply=...
1382 2001-10-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1384 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): `cp --no-dereference' is
1385 no longer equivalent to `cp -d'.
1386 `cp -d' is equivalent to `--no-dereference --preserve=links'.
1387 cp's -P option means --no-dereference, not --parents.
1388 Describe new optional argument to --preserve.
1389 Describe new option: --no-preserve=ATTRIBUTE_LIST.
1391 2001-09-23 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1393 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Redirect stderr of `grep -w' to
1394 /dev/null, so people with old versions of grep don't see the failure.
1396 2001-09-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1398 * coreutils.texi (mv invocation): Describe new option:
1399 --reply={yes,no,query}. Fix a few typos.
1401 2001-09-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1403 * coreutils.texi (uniq invocation): The input need not
1404 be sorted. Try to clarify -d versus -D versus -u.
1406 2001-09-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1408 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Document new option: -F.
1411 2001-09-04 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1413 * coreutils.texi (join invocation): Describe the GNU
1414 extension to join, which does not require sorted input when
1415 the input contains no unpairable lines.
1417 2001-09-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1420 New 'uname' options -i or --hardware-platform,
1421 and -o or --operating-system.
1422 'uname -a' now outputs -i and -o information at the end.
1423 New uname option --kernel-version is an alias for -v.
1424 Uname option --release has been renamed to --kernel-release,
1425 and --sysname has been renamed to --kernel-name;
1426 the old options will work for a while, but are no longer documented.
1428 2001-08-24 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
1430 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Document how cut treats lines
1433 2001-06-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1435 * coreutils.texi: expr now uses LC_COLLATE for string comparison,
1438 2001-08-25 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1440 * coreutils.texi: Use @option, rather than @samp everywhere.
1442 2001-06-21 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1444 * coreutils.texi: 'expr' now requires '+' rather than 'quote'
1447 2001-07-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1449 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Reflect 2001-07-08 change to
1452 2001-06-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1454 * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): Reflect renaming: s/omni-/core/.
1455 * coreutils.texi: Likewise.
1457 * coreutils.texi: New, renamed from omni-utils.texi.
1458 * omni-utils.texi: Removed, renamed to coreutils.texi.
1460 * omni-utils.texi (ls invocation): Mention the effect of locale.
1461 Reported by Keith Thompson.
1463 2001-05-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1465 * texinfo.tex: Update from master source.
1467 * omni-utils.texi (ls invocation): Document more clearly what ls
1468 does when given no arguments.
1470 2001-05-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1472 * textutils.texi: Remove file.
1474 * Makefile.am ($(DVIS), $(INFO_DEPS)): Depend on $(EXTRA_DIST).
1475 (DISABLED_constants.texi): New rule -- disabled for now.
1477 This directory is now shared by fileutils, textutils, and sh-utils.