(Standards conformance): Use "head -10" rather than "head -1" as

example of obsolete usage, since the POSIX consensus is that "head -1"
could be supported even if we don't yet have clear consensus on "head
-10".  See today's revision to the SUS FAQ
<http://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/single_unix_faq.html>.

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index f35a7d2..0c678d9 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ supported for @env{_POSIX2_VERSION}: @samp{199209} stands for
 @acronym{POSIX} 1003.2-1992, and @samp{200112} stands for @acronym{POSIX}
 1003.1-2001.  For example, if you are running older software that
 assumes an older version of @acronym{POSIX} and uses @samp{sort +1},
-@samp{head -1}, or @samp{tail +1}, you
+@samp{head -10}, or @samp{tail +10}, you
 can work around the compatibility problems by setting
 @samp{_POSIX2_VERSION=199209} in your environment.