* NEWS (New programs): Move this small section to the top.
(df): Reword entry, from Pádraig Brady.
* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+** New programs
+
+ realpath: print resolved file names.
+
** Bug fixes
du -x no longer counts root directories of other file systems.
** Bug fixes
du -x no longer counts root directories of other file systems.
- df, with no non-option argument and recent enough kernel/tools, would
- print a long UUID-including file system name, pushing second and subsequent
- columns far to the right. Now, when that long name refers to a symlink,
- df prints the usually-short referent instead.
+ df avoids long UUID-including file system names in the default listing.
+ With recent enough kernel/tools, these long names would be used, pushing
+ second and subsequent columns far to the right. Now, when a long name
+ refers to a symlink, and no file systems are specified, df prints the
+ usually-short referent instead.
tail -f now uses polling (not inotify) when any of its file arguments
resides on a file system of unknown type. In addition, for each such
argument, tail -f prints a warning with the FS type magic number and a
request to report it to the bug-reporting address.
tail -f now uses polling (not inotify) when any of its file arguments
resides on a file system of unknown type. In addition, for each such
argument, tail -f prints a warning with the FS type magic number and a
request to report it to the bug-reporting address.
-** New programs
-
- realpath: print resolved file names.
-
* Noteworthy changes in release 8.14 (2011-10-12) [stable]
* Noteworthy changes in release 8.14 (2011-10-12) [stable]