From cd8fce3088967ffe7c3e3b4de332c7379705924f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 16:52:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] cp, ln, mv, rm no longer discard white space when intepreting responses. --- ChangeLog | 7 ++++++- NEWS | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 92aa78a..d4f7289 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,7 +1,12 @@ -2005-05-06 Paul Eggert +2005-05-08 Paul Eggert * Version 5.3.1. + * NEWS: cp, ln, mv, rm no longer discard white space when intepreting + responses. + +2005-05-06 Paul Eggert + * NEWS: dd has new iflag= and oflag= flags "binary" and "text". * src/dd.c (flags, usage): Add support for "binary" and "text". diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 25e30fb..b2e4e3a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ** Changes for better conformance to POSIX + cp, ln, mv, rm changes: + + Leading white space is now significant in responses to yes-or-no questions. + For example, if "rm" asks "remove regular file `foo'?" and you respond + with " y" (i.e., space before "y"), it counts as "no". + dd changes: On a QUIT or PIPE signal, dd now exits without printing statistics. -- 2.7.4