12007-10-05 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 2 3 * coreutils.texi (chroot invocation): List two systems on which 4 chroot works when run by non-root. 5 62007-09-19 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 7 8 * coreutils.texi (expr invocation): Correct description of relative 9 operator precedence. Reported by hanpingtian@gmail.com. 10 112007-08-25 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> 12 13 Avoid case-insensitive clash in one-page-per-node html docs. 14 * coreutils.texi (Concept index): Rename from Index. 15 162007-07-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 17 18 * coreutils.texi: Revise node structure per new fdl.texi. 19 202007-06-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 21 22 * coreutils.texi (rmdir invocation): Fix a tiny typo. 23 242007-06-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 25 26 * constants.texi: Remove from version control. 27 This file has always been generated. 28 * .gitignore: Add constants.texi. 29 302007-04-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 31 32 * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): Add advice about saving 33 output to a file. 34 352007-04-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 36 37 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Adjust synopsis to show that an 38 OPTION is required. Reported by Rudolf Kastl. 39 402007-03-21 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> 41 42 * coreutils.texi (md5sum invocation): Document escapes in output 43 format. Reported by Armijn Hemel. 44 452007-03-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 46 47 Fix manual in response to bug reports by Dan Jacobson. 48 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Explain numeric sorts better. 49 Compress self-congratulation into a simple "comparison is exact" 50 notice; the --general-numeric-sort option already explains the 51 tradeoffs. 52 (seq invocation): Add example of -f. 53 542007-03-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 55 56 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Mention that --preserve=timestamps 57 doesn't preserve time stamps on symbolic links. 58 Reported by Polo Talnir in <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/230866>. 59 602007-02-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 61 62 * coreutils.texi (df invocation): With -P, the default block size 63 and output format is not affected by DF_BLOCK_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE, or 64 BLOCKSIZE. 65 662007-01-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 67 68 * coreutils.texi 69 (Input processing in ptx, mkdir invocation, rmdir invocation): 70 @item -> @itemx to fix some typos. 71 722007-01-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 73 74 * coreutils.texi (mkdir invocation): Say how to set the file 75 permission bits of a parent directory with mkdir -p. 76 772007-01-29 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 78 79 Document new syntax: "chown +0:+287 file", "chgrp +99 file" 80 * coreutils.texi (Disambiguating names and IDs): New section. 81 (chown invocation, chgrp invocation): Mention the new syntax 82 with an xref to the new section. 83 842007-01-19 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 85 86 * coreutils.texi (ls: General output formatting): Mention the 87 workarounds to accommodate the Apple Terminal bug. 88 892007-01-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 90 91 * coreutils.texi (base64 invocation): When decoding, newlines 92 are always accepted. 93 942007-01-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 95 96 Document what the ".0" in e.g., "-k 2,3.0" means, and... 97 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): ... that it can be applied to the 98 field-end spec, but not the field-start one. Patch from Evan Hunt. 99 1002006-12-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 101 102 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Improve the documentation 103 for bs, ibs, obs, and cbs. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson. 104 Patch by Olivier Delhomme. 105 (dd invocation): Add to the description of cbs. 106 (dd invocation): Specify that bs=N overrides only any 107 _preceding_ ibs and obs settings. Spotted by Andreas Schwab. 108 1092006-12-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 110 111 * coreutils.texi: Remove two doubled words. 112 (Treating / specially): With --preserve-root, chgrp and chown 113 will not modify "/", even through a symlink. 114 1152006-11-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 116 117 * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Fix typo: s/setgid/setuid/. 118 Reported by Georg Neis as Debian bug 400778. 119 1202006-10-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 121 122 * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): When giving the order in which 123 the various "counts" are listed, also mention "maximum line length". 124 Prompted by a report from Vincent LeFevre. 125 1262006-10-23 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 127 128 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Describe --one-file-system. 129 1302006-09-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 131 132 * coreutils.texi (groups invocation): "groups" no longer prefixes 133 the output with "user :" unless more than one user is specified. 134 1352006-09-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 136 137 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Say that -i and -f are 138 independent. Clarify -i's behavior. 139 (Disk usage): Clarify intro. Problem reported by Van Ly. 140 1412006-09-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 142 143 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Ignore -f when standard input 144 is a FIFO, too. 145 1462006-09-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 147 148 * coreutils.texi (Treating / specially): --preserve-root is 149 now the default for rm. 150 (rm invocation): Likewise. Also, document that you can't 151 remove `.' or `..'. Use the POSIX term "root directory" 152 rather than the more-ambiguous "file system root". 153 1542006-08-22 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 155 156 * .cvsignore: Add Makefile.in, coreutils.html, coreutils.pdf, 157 coreutils.ps, coreutils.tps. Remove coreutils.cm (dunno what it 158 is, but the makefile doesn't mention it). Remove coreutils.info 159 as it is subsumed by coreutils.info*. 160 1612006-08-22 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 162 163 * .cvsignore: Add files that are now generated by ../bootstrap. 164 1652006-08-20 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 166 167 * Makefile.in, fdl.texi, getdate.texi: 168 Remove from CVS, since ../bootstrap generates them automatically. 169 1702006-08-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 171 172 * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Reflect doclicense.texi->fdl.texi renaming. 173 1742006-08-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 175 176 * ChangeLog: Add copyright notice. 177 * Makefile.am: Likewise. 178 * getdate.texi: Likewise. 179 * perm.texi: Likewise. 180 * getdate.texi: Update to version 1.2 of the GNU FDL. 181 * coreutils.texi: Likewise. 182 (Copying This Manual): Renamed from GNU Free Documentation License. 183 Now an appendix. Include fdl.texi rather than doclicense.texi. 184 * fdl.tex: Renamed from doclicense.texi. Latest version from FSF. 185 * perm.texi: Add copyright notice. 186 1872006-08-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 188 189 * coreutils.texi (df invocation): df exits nonzero if it outputs 190 nothing. 191 1922006-08-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 193 194 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Warn about oflag=append without 195 conv=notrunc. See Debian bug 373736. 196 1972006-08-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 198 199 * coreutils.texi (shuf invocation, Random sources): New sections. 200 (Operating on sorted files): Add shuf. 201 (sort invocation, shred invocation): New option --random-source. 202 (sort invocation): Fix typo: -R -> -r. 203 2042006-07-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 205 206 * coreutils.texi (install invocation, mkdir invocation): 207 Add cross-references to Directory Setuid and Setgid. 208 (install-invocation): The default mode is no longer equivalent to 755. 209 * perm.texi (Changing Special Mode Bits): Clarify u+s versus 210 a+s versus +s, and likewise for g+s. 211 (Numeric Modes): Bring back example of 0055 == 55. 4755 no 212 longer clears setgid bit on directories. 213 (Directory Setuid and Setgid): Numeric modes now affect setuid 214 and setgid on directories only if they set these bits. This 215 is so that leading 0 has no effect on numeric modes. 216 2172006-07-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 218 219 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Mention that missing 220 pieces of information are marked with "?". From Paul Eggert. 221 2222006-07-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 223 224 * perm.texi (Directory Setuid and Setgid): Explain that this is a 225 GNU extension, and that other systems behave differently here. 226 2272006-07-22 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 228 229 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Clarify that the 230 restricted deletion flag is another name for the sticky bit. 231 * perm.texi (Mode Structure): The restricted deletion flag 232 restricts only unprivileged users. 233 (Mode Structure, Symbolic Modes, Numeric Modes): Be more careful 234 about distinguishing file mode bits from permissions bits, 235 and about execute versus search permission. The FreeBSD command 236 is chflags, not chrflags. 237 2382006-07-16 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 239 240 * coreutils.texi: Change GNU to @acronym{GNU} in a few places. 241 Use "set-user-ID" and "set-group-ID" a bit more consistently. 242 Use "appropriate privileges" rather than "super-user" a bit 243 more consistently. 244 (install invocation): Parent directories are now 755 without uid 245 or gid changing. The default mode is now 0755, not 755. 246 (mkdir invocation): Rewrite the top-level usage description, since 247 I couldn't easily follow the old one. It's now 3 lines not 8. 248 For -m, describe file permission bits versus other bits, and note 249 that mkdir is atomic if you don't mention special bits. 250 (chmod invocation): Mention what chmod does to setgid and setuid bits. 251 * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Modernize the explanation of the 252 setuid and setgid bits on directories. 253 (Changing Special Mode Bits): Mention that a implies both u and g 254 for s. Cross reference to new node. 255 (Numeric Modes): Don't claim that 0055 is the same as 55; this isn't 256 true any more. Mention new node. 257 4755 is now like u=rwxs,go=rx,g-s, not like u=rwxs,go=rx. 258 (Directory Setuid and Setgid): New node. 259 2602006-07-08 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 261 262 * coreutils.texi (Squeezing): Separate doubled "the", so typo-checkers 263 don't complain. 264 265 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Enforce the zeros vs. zeroes consistency. 266 2672006-07-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> 268 269 * coreutils.texi: Fix some typos. Use `zeros' consistently (both 270 `zeros' and `zeroes' are correct). 271 2722006-07-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 273 274 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): With no operand, 'tail -f' now 275 silently ignores the '-f' only if standard input is a FIFO or pipe 276 and POSIXLY_CORRECT is set. 277 2782006-06-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 279 280 * coreutils.texi (seq invocation): seq now uses long double 281 internally rather than double. It now defaults to a minimal fixed 282 point format if possible. It lets you use %a, %A, %E, %F, %G. 283 Don't assume printf doesn't work for numbers that fit in 64 but 284 not 32 bits; typically they work these days. Improve discussion 285 of large integers and update the rounding-error numbers. 286 2872006-06-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 288 289 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): 'sort +1 -2' is now supported 290 even when conforming to POSIX 1003.1-2001, since this is a pure 291 extension to POSIX. 292 2932006-06-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 294 295 * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Remove ./ prefix from example. 296 From Padraig Brady. 297 2982006-06-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 299 300 * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Spell out `--files0-from' in 301 the example. Suggestion from Bob Proulx. 302 303 * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Document new --files0-from option. 304 3052006-06-20 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> 306 307 * coreutils.texi (sleep invocation): Document that accepting 308 multiple arguments and suffixes are extensions. 309 Reported by Dan Jacobson. 310 3112006-06-12 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 312 313 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Use $(_W) and $(W_) instead of 314 assuming grep -w (which is not portable). 315 3162006-05-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> 317 318 * Makefile.am: Use `AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS' rather than 319 overwriting `MAKEINFO', so that `missing' can do its job. 320 321 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Use `$(EGREP)' instead of `grep -E'. 322 (check-texinfo): Use literal `{' only in brackets, i.e., [{] or [}], 323 to avoid triggering an error from Solaris 2.6's grep. 324 3252006-05-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 326 327 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Remove mention of --seed, since 328 it's going away. 329 3302006-05-04 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> 331 332 * coreutils.texi (Examples of date): Give example of @seconds. 333 3342006-05-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 335 336 * coreutils.texi (head invocation, tail invocation, sort invocation): 337 Give advice about porting to hosts that support only obsolete syntax. 338 Problem reported by Zack Weinberg. 339 3402006-04-23 Francesco Montorsi <fr_m@hotmail.com> 341 342 * coreutils.texi (Which files are listed): Describe new option: 343 --group-directories-first. 344 3452006-04-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 346 347 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Add P for Solaris 348 10 ports. Add commented-out entries for other types that POSIX 349 says are possible, or that I observed in FreeBSD documentation. 350 3512006-04-18 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 352 353 * coreutils.texi (Input processing in ptx): Remove mention of the 354 default --ignore file, /usr/local/lib/eign. That file has never 355 been used. Reported by Eric Blake. 356 3572006-04-12 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 358 359 * coreutils.texi (expr invocation): expr exit status is 3 only for 360 internal errors now; 2 is also for invalid values in expressions. 361 362 (What information is listed): Document 'ls' type letters. 363 Problem reported by Lincoln Martin. 364 3652006-04-09 Ori Avtalion <oavtal@bezeqint.net> 366 367 * coreutils.texi (Top): Add 'hostid' to System context menu line. 368 (trivial change) 369 3702006-03-22 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> 371 372 * coreutils.texi (General options in ptx): Undocument --copyright. 373 3742006-03-27 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> 375 376 * coreutils.texi (dirname invocation): Macro in previous patch 377 was too broad. 378 3792006-03-11 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> 380 381 * coreutils.texi (basename invocation, dirname invocation): 382 Improve documentation to match recent // patches. 383 3842006-03-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 385 386 * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): nohup now redirects stderr to 387 nohup.out if stdout is closed and stderr is a tty. 388 3892006-03-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 390 391 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): New flags directory, nolinks. 392 Alphabetize nofollow. 393 3942006-02-17 Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> 395 396 * coreutils.texi: Add base64 section. 397 3982006-02-20 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> 399 400 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Fix typo in last patch. 401 (paste invocation): Fix whitespace. 402 4032006-02-18 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> 404 405 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Document new -I option, and new 406 --interactive behavior. 407 4082006-02-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 409 410 * coreutils.texi (Character sets): Don't say that an unknown 411 backslash-escape causes an error message -- it doesn't. 412 Mention that `\' also removes any special significance, so 413 is useful for [, ], *, -. Prompted by Richard Neill in 414 http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=14937 415 4162006-02-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 417 418 * coreutils.texi (od invocation): Warn that -t a ignores the high 419 order bit. 420 4212006-01-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 422 423 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): In the obsolete usage, the 424 count is optional, so put square brackets around it. 425 4262006-01-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 427 428 * getdate.texi (General date syntax): Invalid dates are rejected. 429 (Time of day items): Mention the possibility of leap seconds. 430 Problem reported by Dr. David Alan Gilbert. 431 432 * coreutils.texi: Use @acronym around "ISO" uniformly. 433 (Date conversion specifiers): Explain %g, %G, and %V a bit better. 434 4352006-01-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 436 437 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Say that --retry 438 is useful `mainly' (not `only') when following by name. 439 4402006-01-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 441 442 * coreutils.texi, perm.texi: Clarify file mode bits versus 443 file permission bits. 444 * coreutils.texi (mkfifo invocation, mknod invocation): -m 445 affects only file permission bits. 446 4472005-12-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 448 449 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Clarify that a blank is a space 450 or a tab. 451 4522005-12-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 453 454 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation) [--printf]: Describe new option. 455 [--format]: Add example. Distinguish from --printf. 456 Sort option descriptions. 457 4582005-12-05 Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de> 459 460 * coreutils.texi (ls): Clarify the Alternate Access Method description. 461 (cp): Clarify that --preserve=mode also preserves acls. 462 4632005-12-12 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 464 465 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Clarify explanation of 466 --random-sort, and use a simpler example. 467 4682005-12-10 Frederik Eaton <frederik@ofb.net> 469 470 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Add --random-sort (-R) and --seed. 471 4722005-12-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 473 474 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): New noatime flag. 475 4762005-11-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 477 478 * coreutils.texi (df invocation): Document treatment of dummy file 479 systems better. 480 4812005-11-16 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 482 483 * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): ln -v now outputs lines only for 484 successful links. 485 (tail invocation): Say that the obsolete form uses exactly one 486 option and at most one file. 487 4882005-11-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 489 490 * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Capitalize two sentences in an 491 enumerated list and fix a typo. From Aaron Hawley. 492 4932005-11-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 494 495 * coreutils.texi (Formatting file timestamps): ls now defaults to 496 --time-style='locale', which in turn acts like 497 --time-style='posix-long-iso' if the locale settings are messed up. 498 4992005-11-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 500 501 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Don't mention --directory (-d). 502 5032005-11-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 504 505 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Describe obsolete usages 506 like "tail -2" more precisely. 507 (touch invocation): The old usage works only for 1969-1999 now. 508 5092005-08-28 David Madore <david.madore@ens.fr> 510 511 * coreutils.texi: Document SHA-1 and SHA-2 utilities. 512 5132005-10-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 514 515 * doc/coreutils.texi (Top, General output formatting, dir invocation): 516 (vdir invocation): Don't document the old v and d commands. 517 5182005-10-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 519 520 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Document du's -m option, 521 now that we've decided to keep it. 522 (who invocation): Remove documentation for deprecated --idle (-i). 523 5242005-10-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 525 526 * coreutils.texi: Avoid a few overfull/underfull hboxes. 527 5282005-09-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 529 530 * coreutils.texi (touch invocation): 531 "touch -" now touches standard output. 532 5332005-09-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 534 535 * coreutils.texi (who invocation): Remove a stray '+'. 536 5372005-09-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 538 539 * coreutils.texi (uname invocation): uname -a no longer generates 540 the -p and -i outputs if they are unknown. 541 5422005-09-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 543 544 * coreutils.texi (Time conversion specifiers, Options for date): 545 Document date --rfc-3339 and new specifiers %:z, %::z, %:::z. Use 546 "date and time" consistently; the old version sometimes said "time 547 and date". Fix a minor bug in the documentation for --rfc-2822: 548 it claimed day-of-month < 10 had leading space, not leading zero. 549 Use a consistent format for terms like "RFC". 550 (uname invocation): Mention that Linux outputs "unknown" for 551 -i and -p. 552 5532005-09-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 554 555 * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Document "niceness" versus 556 "nice value" versus "scheduling priority". 557 5582005-09-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 559 560 * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Use "niceness", not "nice value" 561 to talk about nice values offset by -20. Don't use the word 562 "priority" when niceness is intended. 563 5642005-08-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 565 566 * coreutils.texi (join invocation): Itemize the defaults. 567 From Karl Berry. 568 5692005-08-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 570 571 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation, mv invocation): Remove square 572 brackets in --reply=[HOW]. Reported by Oscar Liljeblad. 573 5742005-07-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 575 576 * coreutils.texi (md5sum invocation): --check now allows multiple 577 FILE inputs. 578 5792005-07-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 580 581 * coreutils.texi (false invocation): 582 Mention that false is often built-in, and that it exits 583 with status >1 on some hosts. 584 (true invocation): Remove now-incorrect "non-POSIX mode" reference. 585 5862005-07-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 587 588 * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): POSIXLY_CORRECT no longer 589 affects nohup's behavior. Input is redirected from /dev/null. 590 5912005-07-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 592 593 * coreutils.texi (cat invocation): Remove -B or --binary option 594 (available on MS-DOS-like platforms only). Explain when text and 595 binary mode are used now. 596 (md5sum invocation): -b actually does have an effect on Unix: it 597 causes "*" to be output. Explain when text and binary mode are 598 used now. 599 6002005-07-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 601 602 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Mark --reply as deprecated. 603 (mv invocation): Likewise. 604 6052005-06-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 606 607 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Clarify how --reply=no works. 608 6092005-06-14 William Brendling <wbrendling@gmail.com> 610 611 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): New options --last-time and 612 --time-style. 613 6142005-06-19 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 615 616 * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Change a few `paths' to `file names'. 617 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Also catch uses of path, pathname. 618 6192005-06-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 620 621 * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Clarify that shred 622 works on ext3 as long as it's not in data=journal mode. 623 Patch from Mark Melahn. 624 6252005-06-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 626 627 * coreutils.texi (Backup options): Undocument --version-control=S (-V). 628 6292005-06-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 630 631 * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Examples, from Bob Proulx. 632 6332005-06-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 634 635 Use "file name" when talking about file names, instead of "filename" 636 or "path", as per the GNU coding standards. 637 * coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): "path component" -> 638 "component", since we don't use the POSIX "path" nomenclature. 639 6402005-05-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 641 642 * getdate.texi (General date syntax): Don't say that date 643 date --iso-8601=ns generates acceptable dates; it doesn't yet. 644 Problem reported by Nic Ferrier. 645 6462005-05-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 647 648 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): New flags "binary" and "text". 649 6502005-05-04 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 651 652 * coreutils.texi (chmod invocation): chmod -w complains if its 653 behavior differs from what chmod a-w would do. 654 6552005-05-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 656 657 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): ls --indicator-style=directory 658 renamed to ls --indicator-style=slash, to avoid confusion with ls 659 --directory. 660 6612005-04-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 662 663 * perm.texi (Mode Structure, Changing Special Permissions): 664 (Conditional Executability, Numeric Modes): 665 These days the sticky bit is more often uses as the restricted 666 deletion flag, so modernize the discussion about this. 667 (Mode Structure): Linux/GNU -> GNU/Linux. 668 (Symbolic Modes): Don't imply that "+ur" or "u" is valid. 669 (Setting Permissions): Don't imply that "+t" is invalid. 670 Use "rwx" rather than the less-common "rxw" in an example. 671 (Copying Permissions): Say that ugo is a replacement for 672 a string of the other letters. Add spaces around examples. 673 Use "set-user-ID" rather than "set user ID" to avoid ambiguity. 674 Use "+t" rather than "o+t", since POSIX doesn't specify the latter. 675 Mention which combinations are portable and which are GNU. 676 (Numeric Modes): Don't imply they aren't portable; they are 677 nowadays. 678 6792005-04-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 680 681 * coreutils.texi (Standards conformance): Do not mention head -10, 682 since it now works the same regardless of POSIX version. 683 (od invocation): -w N -> -w[N]. 684 (pr invocation): -S STRING -> -SSTRING. 685 (fold invocation): -WIDTH works even when conforming to POSIX 686 1003.1-2001. 687 (head invocation, tail invocation): Likewise for -NUM. 688 (split invocation): Likewise for -LINES. 689 (uniq invocation): Likewise for -N. 690 (expand invocation, unexpand invocation): Likewise for -TAB. 691 (nice invocation): Likewise for -ADJUSTMENT. 692 (sort invocation): Clarify explanation of +N option. 693 (uniq invocation): Likewise. 694 (join invocation): Remove special case for --help, --version. 695 (touch invocation): Clarify explanation of date options. 696 (Options for date): -I timespec -> -I[timespec]. 697 6982005-04-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 699 700 * coreutils.texi (install invocation): Use a= instead of 0 for 701 the point of departure for -m, and explain what it meeams. 702 (mkdir invocation, mkfifo invocation, mknod invocation): 703 The umask does not affect the point of departure. 704 Problem reported by Mike Stone. 705 7062005-04-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 707 708 * coreutils.texi: For consistency, standardize on "user ID" rather 709 than "uid" or "UID" or "user id". Similarly for "group ID". 710 7112005-04-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 712 713 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Say that --recursive removes 714 listed directories too, not just their contents. 715 7162005-04-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 717 718 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document the distinction between 719 INFO and USR1 for dd, and the effect of POSIXLY_CORRECT here. 720 7212005-04-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 722 723 * coreutils.texi (cat invocation, chown invocation) 724 (chgrp invocation, basename invocation, dirname invocation): 725 Add examples, which are copies of the examples newly added 726 to the usage messages. 727 (ln invocation): Use same format as other examples above, 728 for consistency. 729 7302005-03-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 731 732 * coreutils.texi: Clarify NUL vs null byte vs null character. 733 7342005-03-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 735 736 * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): Clarify nohup.out creation. 737 7382005-03-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 739 740 * coreutils.texi (Formatting file timestamps): Very long timestamps 741 may be treated as errors. 742 7432005-03-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 744 745 * coreutils.texi (date invocation): Use an example that makes it 746 clear tha the default date use space-padded day of month. 747 Replace "directive" with "conversion specifier" to be consistent 748 with POSIX. All uses changed. 749 Fix menu RHS to match actual directive lists. 750 (Time conversion specifiers): Renamed from Time directives. 751 Use @samp consistently, sometimes instead of @code. 752 Consistently ention which specifiers are GNU extensions. 753 Give more examples (in some cases, instead of ranges). 754 Say why %F is preferred for dates. 755 (Date conversion specifiers): Renamed from Date directives. 756 Likewise for other changes. 757 (Padding and other flags): Correct the description. 758 Document #. Give an example for %9B. 759 7602005-02-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 761 762 * coreutils.texi: Adjust to match current strftime.c. 763 (Time directives): Say that %k, %l, and %P are GNU extensions. 764 For %p and %P, mention handling of noon and midnight. 765 For %s, use ISO 8601, and mention handling of leap seconds. 766 For %S, clarify mention of leap seconds. 767 For %T, say that it's the same as %H:%M:%S. 768 For %X, don't say that it must be the same as %H:%M:%S. 769 For %z and %Z, clarify which time zones are used. These options 770 are now affected by --date, so don't claim that they're not. 771 (Date directives): %C is now all but the last two chars of %Y. 772 For %D, say that it's equivalent to %m/%d/%y. 773 For %e, use blank in example. 774 For %h, use @code for %b. 775 For %Y, mention what happens with outlandish years. 776 (Padding and other flags): Renamed from Padding. 777 Mention that the flags are GNU extensions. 778 Mention the 0 and ^ flags. 779 Mention field widths an modifiers. 780 (Examples of date): - is a flag, not a modifier. 781 7822005-01-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 783 784 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Specify that a string 785 of zero digits is interpreted as 0. Reported by Ulrich Hermisson. 786 7872005-01-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 788 789 * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Clarify that shred works fine 790 with journaled file systems that are configured not to journal 791 file system data. Also mention BFS and NTFS. 792 7932004-12-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 794 795 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Change minor problem to be 796 "subdirectory not found", since top-level trouble is now serious. 797 (dircolors invocation): Quote argument to eval. Problem reported 798 by Stephane Chazelas. 799 8002004-12-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 801 802 * coreutils.texi (join invocation): Mention that blank separators 803 in the -o option need to be quoted. Problem reported by Phil Clayton. 804 8052004-12-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 806 807 * coreutils.texi (id invocation): -G also prints main group. 808 Problem reported by Tim Waugh. 809 8102004-12-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 811 812 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document new "ls" exit status. 813 8142004-12-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 815 816 * getdate.texi (Time of day items, Time zone items): 817 Describe new formats +00:00, UTC+00:00. 818 8192004-12-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 820 821 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Say when --complement is useful. 822 8232004-10-01 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org> 824 825 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Document --complement and 826 adjust the documentation of -b, -c, -f. 827 8282004-11-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 829 830 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Use if=/dev/null rather 831 than :|. Problem reported by Dan Jacobson. 832 Use "seek=2GiB" rather than the wordier "seek=`echo '2^31'|bc`". 833 Say "KiB" not the (inaccurate) "kilobytes". 834 Similarly for "GiB" and "gigabytes". 835 8362004-11-16 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 837 838 * coreutils.texi: Changes inspired by Debian coreutils 5.2.1-2. 839 (General output formatting): -x doesn't have an operand. 840 (Formatting the file names): Warn that even with -N unprintable 841 chars are still printed as '?' some times. 842 (rm invocation): Reword rm -d to note that it's sometimes useful 843 on non-directories. 844 (logname invocation, users invocation, who invocation): 845 The utmp and wtmp file names vary from system to system. 846 847 * getdate.texi (General date syntax): "next" is 1, not 2. 848 Document that "second" isn't allowed as an ordinal number. 849 8502004-11-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 851 852 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Reword the new dd message. 853 8542004-11-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 855 856 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): dd now outputs total bytes, 857 seconds, and bytes per second. 858 8592004-11-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 860 861 * Makefile.am (_W, W_): New macros. 862 (check-texinfo): Use them instead of assuming grep -w (which is not 863 portable). 864 8652004-10-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 866 867 * coreutils.texi: Document TZ better, and adjust to new getdate.texi. 868 (Top): Update menu. 869 (pr invocation, Formatting file timestamps, touch invocation, 870 stat invocation, who invocation, date invocation, Options for date): 871 Mention TZ. 872 * getdate.texi: Sync from gnulib. 873 8742004-10-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 875 876 * coreutils.texi (Standards conformance): Use "head -10" rather 877 than "head -1" as example of obsolete usage, since the POSIX 878 consensus is that "head -1" could be supported even if we don't 879 yet have clear consensus on "head -10". See today's revision to 880 the SUS FAQ 881 <http://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/single_unix_faq.html>. 882 8832004-10-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 884 885 * coreutils.texi (pathchk invocation): Options must precede operands. 886 8872004-10-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 888 889 * coreutils.texi (pathchk invocation): Overall lengths are 890 OS limits, not file system limits. Component length checks 891 apply to all components, not merely to existing ones. Say 892 that nonexistent names are not errors. For -p, omit all 893 checks based on the underlying file system, not merely length 894 checks. Explain what the portable file name character set is. 895 8962004-10-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 897 898 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Mention ISO/IEC 10646 as 899 well as Unicode. Various minor formatting cleanups. 900 9012004-10-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 902 903 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Move LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE 904 index entries to proper paragraph. 905 9062004-10-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 907 908 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Add `builtin' and `builtins' to 909 the list of words to avoid. 910 9112004-10-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 912 913 * coreutils.texi (Special built-in utilities): New node. 914 (printf invocation): builtin -> built-in, for consistency 915 with POSIX terminology. 916 (test invocation, pwd invocation): 917 Use specific rather than generic language to warn about 918 built-in commands. 919 (chroot invocation, env invocation, nice invocation, nohup invocation): 920 Warn that command must not be a special built-in. 921 (env invocation): Warn about environment variables with unusual 922 spellings, or duplicates. 923 9242004-09-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 925 926 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document "ls --hide". 927 9282004-09-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 929 930 * coreutils.texi (chmod invocation): Warn about "chmod -w file". 931 9322004-09-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 933 934 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Fix bugs in the description of 935 the obsolete syntax (e.g., it does not support -k or -m). Warn 936 about usages like "tail -" and "tail -c 4" that are ambigous on 937 older systems. 938 9392004-09-20 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 940 941 * coreutils.texi (mv invocation, rm invocation): Say "the response 942 is affirmative" rather than "the response begins with y or Y", 943 so that the documentation is accurate in non-English locales. 944 Problem reported by Munzir Taha. 945 9462004-09-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 947 948 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Distinguish between options 949 (e.g., --help) and operands (e.g., if=file). Move miscellaneous 950 stuff after the operand descriptions, for clarity. 951 9522004-09-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 953 954 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): -u disables the last-resort 955 comparison, too. Revamp its description. 956 (test invocation): Document -r, -w, -x more carefully. 957 9582004-09-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 959 960 * coreutils.texi (Common options): Some programs don't reorder 961 options. 962 (tr invocation, echo invocation, printf invocation, test invocation, 963 expr invocation, basename invocation, chroot invocation, 964 nice invocation, nohup invocation, seq invocation): 965 This program doesn't reorder options. 966 (tr invocation): Mention --help, --version, --. 967 (echo invocation): Mention that -- isn't special. 968 (test invocation): Mention that the expression is optional, 969 and that test ! EXPR is like ! test EXPR. 970 Mention that -h and -L don't dereference symlinks. 971 (expr invocation): Mention --help, --version. 972 973 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Add remarks about sort -u 974 versus sort | uniq. Prompted by a question from Andrew Noymer. 975 9762004-09-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 977 978 * coreutils.texi (od invocation): Several changes for POSIX 979 and FreeBSD compatibility. Add support for XSI syntax 980 (POSIX 1003.1-2004). Rename -s[N] to -S N. Remove documentation 981 for -h. -i is now -t dI (not d2) and -l is now -t dL (not d4). 982 9832004-09-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 984 985 * coreutils.texi (String tests): Improve quality of warning about 986 quoting strings for the shell. 987 9882004-09-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 989 990 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Specify which conversion options 991 are mutually exclusive. Give a bit more detail about ascii, 992 ebcdic, and ibm conversions. 993 9942004-08-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 995 996 POSIX-conformance fixes for "expand" and "unexpand". 997 * coreutils.texi: Standardize on "tab stop" (the POSIX usage) 998 rather than "tabstop". 999 (unexpand invocation): Use "blank" rather than "space" when 1000 POSIX requires "blank". Define "blank". Initial blanks are 1001 converted even if there's just one. For -a, convert two or 1002 more blanks only if they occur just before a tab stop. 1003 10042004-08-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 1005 1006 * coreutils.texi (chown invocation): Fix synopsis: 1007 group must always be preceded by separator. 1008 "chown : file" and "chown '' file" don't change the owner or group. 1009 Update the explanation of what happens to the set-user-ID or 1010 set-group-ID bits, e.g., they sometimes are not cleared if they 1011 denote mandatory locking. Change "find"-oriented examples to use 1012 chown -h. 1013 10142004-08-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 1015 1016 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Clarify how "printf" is 1017 supposed to work with extra arguments, missing arguments, etc. 1018 10192004-08-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 1020 1021 POSIX-conformance fixes for "-" used as an operand. 1022 * coreutils.texi (Common options): Clarify that "-" means 1023 stdin/stdout only when it is an operand, not when it is an 1024 option-argument. 1025 (shred invocation): "shred -- -" is equivalent to "shred -", 1026 not to "shred ./-". 1027 (tee invocation): "tee -" means to copy (again) to stdout. 1028 10292004-07-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 1030 1031 * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Document the "nice value", and 1032 how it affects the scheduling priority. (The old documentation 1033 implied that the nice value equaled the scheduling priority, which 1034 isn't accurate.) Document that the range of nice values might 1035 exceed -20..19. Specify what happens when you give a nice value 1036 that is out of range, or when you don't have permissions to lower 1037 the nice value. Bash doesn't have a builtin 'nice', so don't say 1038 "most shells" have one. 1039 10402004-04-03 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org> 1041 1042 * coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Document new 1043 "readlink -f" behaviour and new canonicalize options, -e and -m. 1044 10452004-07-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1046 1047 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Disallow `filename' in .texi files. 1048 Spell it like `file name' instead, to be consistent. 1049 Fail if a @footnote directive follows non-punctuation. 1050 Fail upon use of @url. Use @uref instead. 1051 10522004-07-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 1053 1054 * coreutils.texi (Common options, Target directory, cp invocation, 1055 install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation): Add -t as a 1056 short option for --target-directory, and -T as a short option for 1057 --no-target-directory. Clean up relevant synopses a bit, so that 1058 the language is similar for all. 1059 10602004-06-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 1061 1062 * coreutils.texi: Put the right amount of space at sentence ends. 1063 Make sure "i.e." and "e.g." are followed by commas (the GNU style). 1064 Put blank lines before and after every @example, prefer the 1065 previous line to end in ":" (when not a sentence end, for consistency), 1066 and prepend @noindent to the following line when appropriate. 1067 In examples, use "--" arguments when needed to prevent undesired 1068 interpretation of operands as options. 1069 Use "file name" rather than "filename", as per the GNU coding standards. 1070 Remove unwanted spaces before @footnote. 1071 Use "---" when appropriate, instead of " -- ". 1072 Use "name" (or something like that) rather than "path" or "pathname", 1073 since the GNU coding standards don't allow "path". 1074 Use @acronym, @command, @minus{}, @samp in a few places, 1075 where appropriate. 1076 (Target directory): Clarify description of example. 1077 (fmt invocation): Give issue number for reference, and reword 1078 for clarity. 1079 (sort invocation): Note that xargs without -0 also mishandles 1080 file names containing some special characters other than newline. 1081 (Translating): Mention that \012 is not universally portable. 1082 Use '\0' rather than '\000'. 1083 (Squeezing): bourne -> Bourne. 1084 Fix unportable usage of '\n' by replacing it with '[\n*]'. 1085 (More details about version sort): Remove unnecessary indent 1086 in examples. 1087 (dd invocation): Use 'kill -s USR1', not 'kill -USR1', as POSIX 1088 indicates that the former is more portable (the latter is an XSI 1089 extension). 1090 (shred invocation): Use @uref rather than @url, and use a more-typical 1091 style for the date. 1092 (kill invocation): Clarify usage; for example, "kill -s TERM -1" 1093 isn't allowed. 1094 (seq invocation): Reword to avoid implying that printf necessarily 1095 fails for numbers outside the 32-bit range. Prefer separating 1096 options from their operands. 1097 (Opening the software toolbox): Give an online reference to 1098 Robbins's article, and give a date. Don't imply that the 1099 current documentation is unchanged from his article. 1100 (Putting the tools together): Rework examples so that they don't 1101 assume the C locale; nowadays many users now operate outside the C 1102 locale by default. While we're at it, don't assume ASCII either. 1103 Indent example to match actual output from GNU uniq. Remove some 1104 unnecessary and confusing brackets from 'tr' operands. "Software 1105 Tools in Pascal" is back in print, according to Amazon anyway. 1106 Add references to Kernighan's online copies of examples. 1107 11082004-06-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 1109 1110 * coreutils.texi, perm.texi: Standardize on "file system" rather 1111 than "filesystem", as POSIX prefers it with a space. 1112 11132004-06-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 1114 1115 * coreutils.texi (Common options, Target directory, cp 1116 invocation, install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation): 1117 Likewise. 1118 (link invocation): Explain how to rewrite link using ln now 1119 that we have --no-target-directory. 1120 (ln invocation): Explain that --no-target-directory subsumes 1121 --no-dereference. 1122 (unlink invocation): Modify wording to match new wording in 1123 link invocation. 1124 11252004-06-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 1126 1127 * coreutils.texi (install invocation): Document 1128 --target-directory in synopsis, too. 1129 11302004-06-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 1131 1132 * coreutils.texi (yes invocation): "--" is now supported. 1133 (false invocation, true invocation): --help and --version now 1134 work unconditionally. 1135 11362004-06-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1137 1138 * coreutils.texi: Remove menu references to just-removed subsection. 1139 11402004-06-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1141 1142 * coreutils.texi (tr invocation): Remove the section describing 1143 how POSIXLY_CORRECT changes tr's behavior. 1144 11452004-06-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1146 1147 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Clarify what --output-delimiter=STR 1148 does with byte/character ranges. 1149 11502004-06-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 1151 1152 * coreutils.texi (tr invocation): Mention -C. 1153 11542004-05-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 1155 1156 * coreutils.texi (echo invocation): Document today's changes. 1157 11582004-05-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1159 1160 chgrp and chown now dereference symlinks by default, per POSIX. 1161 * coreutils.texi (chgrp invocation, chown invocation): Document it. 1162 11632004-05-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 1164 1165 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Document that "sort -m -o F" 1166 might write F before reading all the input. 1167 11682004-05-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1169 1170 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Change IO to I/O. 1171 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Check for the above. 1172 11732004-04-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1174 1175 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Mention -k earlier, so 1176 that the options are in alphabetical order. Describe how -b works 1177 more-accurately; this involves fixing some examples, too. Mention 1178 what happens if the start field falls after an end field or after 1179 a line end. Warn about using -k without -b, -g, -M, -n, or -t. 1180 Add an example of how to sort IPv4 addresses and Apache Common 1181 Log Format dates. Remove a duplicate example. 1182 (Putting the tools together): Use separate options rather 1183 than agglomerating them. 1184 11852004-03-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1186 1187 cp -pu and mv -u (when copying) now take the destination 1188 file system time stamp resolution into account. 1189 1190 * coreutils.texi (mv invocation): Document this. 1191 (cp invocation): Document -u (it was missing!) with new behavior. 1192 11932004-04-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> 1194 1195 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Remove noctty flag from dd. 1196 11972004-04-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1198 1199 New dd conv= symbols nocreat, excl, fdatasync, fsync, 1200 and new dd options iflag= and oflag=. 1201 1202 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document them. 1203 12042004-04-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1205 1206 * coreutils.texi (stty invocation - Input): Document new iutf8 option. 1207 12082004-04-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1209 1210 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Correct --format description. 1211 12122004-02-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1213 1214 * coreutils.texi (Block size): Document new envvar BLOCKSIZE. 1215 12162004-03-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1217 1218 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Add a check to ensure future 1219 consistency in using @sc{nul}, not `NUL'. 1220 12212004-03-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1222 1223 * coreutils.texi: Use @sc{nul} consistently for NUL. 1224 (du invocation): FILE0 -> FILE. 1225 12262004-03-23 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1227 1228 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): --files0-from is useful with 1229 --total (-c), not with --summarize. 1230 12312004-03-22 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1232 1233 * coreutils.texi: Tweak a few lines that resulted in 1234 `overfull hbox' warnings. 1235 12362004-03-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1237 1238 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Document new option: --file0-from=F. 1239 12402004-02-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1241 1242 * coreutils.texi (touch invocation): 1243 Describe use of fractional seconds. 1244 (date invocation, Options for date): Likewise. 1245 * getdate.texi (General date syntax, Time of day items): Likewise. 1246 * coreutils.texi (date invocation): Mention effect of LC_TIME. 1247 (Options for date): Describe new --iso-8601=ns option. 1248 1249 * getdate.texi: Add copyright notice. Change getdate to 1250 get_date when talking about the function name. 1251 (Seconds since the Epoch): New section, containing the time_t 1252 info moved from Date input formats section, along with new 1253 info about the @ syntax. Mention negative time stamps, 1254 fractional time stamps, and leap seconds. 1255 (General date syntax): Modernize examples a bit to reflect new 1256 features. 1257 (General date syntax, Relative items in date strings): 1258 Use ' rather than " to quote formats. 1259 (Time of day items): Add an example with fractional seconds. 1260 Describe fractional-second syntax. 1261 12622004-03-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1263 1264 * coreutils.texi (date invocation): Add missing `C' to %[...] range 1265 in the `Date directives:: ...' menu entry. From Bob Proulx. 1266 1267 * coreutils.texi: Add FIXME comment: 1268 The following don't have `invocation' nodes: [, pinky, shasum, uptime. 1269 12702004-03-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1271 1272 * coreutils.texi (Sorting the output): Remove description of 1273 ls's --sort=directory option. ls doesn't accept that option, yet. 1274 Reported by Arvind Autar. 1275 1276 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Improve description of 1277 cp's --sparse=WHEN option. 1278 1279 * coreutils.texi (nl invocation): Specify that these are _basic_ 1280 regular expressions (BRE), and add a link to grep's documentation. 1281 Suggestion from Dan Jacobson. 1282 12832004-02-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1284 1285 * coreutils.texi (chown invocation): Document that chown now falls 1286 back on USER.GROUP parsing regardless of POSIX version, as POSIX 1287 1003.1-2001 allows that behavior as a compatible extension. 1288 12892004-02-22 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1290 1291 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Mention that using du's -H option 1292 currently evokes a warning. 1293 12942004-02-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1295 1296 * coreutils.texi (expr invocation): 1297 Document what forms integers may take, and say "integer" 1298 consistently instead of "number". Warn about operands 1299 that "expr" can misinterpret, and how to work around the 1300 problem. 1301 13022004-02-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1303 1304 * coreutils.texi (csplit invocation): Correct typo (s/LINE/N/) 1305 in description of `N' pattern. From Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> 1306 13072004-02-11 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1308 1309 * coreutils.texi (Time directives): The %s value *is* changed by the 1310 --date=DATE option; don't say otherwise. Patch from Padraig Brady. 1311 13122004-02-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1313 1314 * coreutils.texi (Formatting the file names): 1315 Improve wording for --quoting-style documentation. 1316 Suggestions by Bruno Haible. 1317 13182004-02-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1319 1320 * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Add examples. 1321 Prompted by a suggestion from Dan Jacobson. 1322 (factor invocation): Add an example. 1323 Update timing numbers for a more modern CPU. 1324 13252004-01-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1326 1327 * coreutils.texi (seq invocation): Remove `@dots{}' at end of synopsis. 1328 Separate `Synopses' section into three examples. 1329 Clarify first paragraph. @w{}-protect an expression.1 1330 Use @option{--option}, rather than @code{--option}. 1331 13322004-01-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1333 1334 * coreutils.texi (Exit status): Document that ordinary failure 1335 might not exit with status 1 on unusual platforms. 1336 Mention chroot, env, nice, and su as having unusual exit 1337 status patterns. Don't bother to mention true and false 1338 since their exit status patterns are actually normal. 1339 (sort invocation, su invocation): Mention its unusual exit 1340 status pattern. 1341 (chroot invocation): Simplify description of exit status 1. 1342 Remove duplicate description of status 127. 1343 (env invocation): Use consistent tenses; simplifiy description 1344 of status 1. 1345 (nice invocation): Likewise. 1346 13472003-12-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1348 1349 * coreutils.texi (touch invocation): touch -r and -d can now 1350 both be specified, with -r specifying the origin for -d. 1351 13522004-01-15 Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@kemisten.nu> 1353 1354 Factor out some common options. 1355 * coreutils.texi (Common options): Define macros here. 1356 (What information is listed, cp invocation): Use the macro(s). 1357 (install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation): Likewise. 1358 (df invocation, du invocation): Likewise. 1359 13602004-01-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1361 1362 Document the exit status of each and every program. 1363 * coreutils.texi (yes invocation): Document that a write error 1364 makes `yes' exit unsuccessfully. 1365 (chroot invocation): Enumerate the meaning of exit status values. 1366 (nice invocation): Likewise. 1367 (Exit status) [@macro exitstatus]: New macro. 1368 Use @exitstatus to describe the exit status of most programs. 1369 13702004-01-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1371 1372 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Mention that -H will eventually 1373 mean not --si, but --dereference-args (-D). 1374 13752003-12-20 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1376 1377 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Describe new option: -0, --null. 1378 13792003-12-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1380 1381 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed, chroot invocation): 1382 Adjust example 'ls' output to match new behavior with narrower 1383 output columns. 1384 (The cut command): Remove example that cut the output of 1385 'ls -l'. The output was incorrect even with the old 'ls', and 1386 the whole idea of using 'cut' on 'ls -l' output is bogus anyway. 1387 13882003-11-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1389 1390 Parse floating-point operands and options in the C locale. 1391 POSIX requires this for printf, and we might as well be 1392 consistent elsewhere (tail, sleep, seq). 1393 1394 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation, printf invocation, 1395 sleep invocation, seq invocation): Document this. 1396 13972003-11-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1398 1399 * coreutils.texi (Traversing symlinks, Treating / specially): 1400 New sections. 1401 (rm invocation, chown invocation, chmod invocation, chgrp invocation): 1402 Describe new options, --preserve-root and --no-preserve-root. 1403 14042003-11-11 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1405 1406 * coreutils.texi (chown invocation) [chownchgrpoptions]: New macro 1407 describing -H, -L, -P options. Use it here. 1408 (chgrp invocation): And here. 1409 14102003-11-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1411 1412 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Fix typo in example. 1413 14142003-10-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1415 1416 * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Note that --directory, -d, -F 1417 probably won't work even for superuser. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson. 1418 14192003-09-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1420 1421 * coreutils.texi (csplit invocation): 1422 The regexp offset need not have a sign; POSIX requires support 1423 for signless offets. 1424 14252003-10-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1426 1427 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Describe -P, --no-dereference. 1428 14292003-09-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1430 1431 * coreutils.texi (Translating): Correct typo in menu description. 1432 From A Costa. 1433 14342003-09-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1435 1436 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): -d now overrides -i. 1437 "whitespace" -> "blanks"; "whitespace" isn't correct. 1438 -t '\0' now specifies a NUL tab. 1439 14402003-08-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1441 1442 * coreutils.texi (who invocation): Add an entry for -l, --login. 1443 Remove `-l' from the entry for --lookup. 1444 (who invocation): Begin adding missing option documentation. 1445 14462003-08-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1447 1448 * coreutils.texi (split invocation): 1449 Add -d or --numeric-suffixes option to 'split'. 1450 14512003-07-31 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1452 1453 * getdate.texi (General date syntax): Add --rfc-2822 option to GNU date. 1454 * coreutils.texi (Options for date): Fix a typo in format: 1455 it's now %d not %_d. Add URLs. 1456 14572003-07-31 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1458 1459 * getdate.texi (Relative items in date strings): Warn about 1460 fuzz in relative units. 1461 14622003-07-29 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1463 1464 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Restore two end-of-sentence words 1465 that were mistakenly removed on 2002-09-13. Reported by Paul Worrall. 1466 14672003-07-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1468 1469 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Explain that a SIGUSR1 signal 1470 makes dd give a progress report to stderr. 1471 14722003-07-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1473 1474 * coreutils.texi: Document changes of 2003-07-24. 1475 14762003-07-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1477 1478 * coreutils.texi (su invocation): Use `@subsection', not invalid 1479 `@heading'. 1480 14812003-07-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1482 1483 * coreutils.texi (expr invocation): Exit status is 2 if the 1484 expression is syntactically invalid, 3 if there is some other error. 1485 This change is for conformance to POSIX. 1486 14872003-07-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1488 1489 * coreutils.texi (uname invocation): Explain the POSIX 1490 terminology behind uname -m and uname -s. 1491 14922003-07-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1493 1494 * coreutils.texi (chown invocation): Warn that chown 1495 now clears set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits on some systems. 1496 From Bob Proulx. 1497 (nohup invocation): Tell what happens when stdout is not a terminal. 1498 Based on a suggestion from Steven Mocking. 1499 15002003-07-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1501 1502 * coreutils.texi (Standards conformance): Mention that uses like 1503 `tail -1' and `head -1', like `sort +1', are non conforming. 1504 (chown invocation): Say that using `.' as a separator may not work. 1505 15062003-06-25 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1507 1508 * coreutils.texi (Time directives) [%s]: Add a cross reference 1509 to the related examples. 1510 (Examples of date): Add an @anchor here, along with a few more examples. 1511 Suggestion from Dan Jacobson. 1512 15132003-06-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1514 1515 * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Tweak wording: wc prints counts in 1516 the order `newline, word, byte'. Suggestion from Keith M. Briggs. 1517 Also change `lines' to `newlines'. 1518 15192003-05-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1520 1521 * coreutils.texi (head invocation): Document --bytes=-N and --lines=-N. 1522 15232003-05-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1524 1525 * coreutils.texi (uniq invocation, squeezing, The uniq command): 1526 Use "repeated" rather than "duplicate" to describe adjacent 1527 duplicates; this simplifies the description and makes it more 1528 consistent with POSIX. 1529 (uniq invocation): Make it clear that -d and -u suppress the 1530 output of lines, rather than cause some lines to be output. 1531 Mention what happens if a line lacks enough fields or characters. 1532 15332003-05-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1534 1535 * coreutils.texi (true invocation): Mention that it is possible to 1536 make true --help or true --version (in non-POSIX mode) exit nonzero. 1537 Suggestion from Paul Eggert. 1538 15392003-05-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1540 1541 * coreutils.texi (Exit status): Remove `uniq' from the list. 1542 It uses standard exit codes. 1543 (More details about version sort): Note that strverscmp, and hence 1544 `ls -v', does not use LC_COLLATE. Reported by From: Andrey Borzenkov. 1545 15462003-04-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1547 1548 Fix printf POSIX compatibility bug reported by Ben Harris in 1549 <http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2003-04/msg00070.html>. 1550 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): It's \NNN in the format, 1551 \0NNN in the %b operand. 1552 15532003-04-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1554 1555 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Check for uses of non-zero. 1556 I prefer to spell it `nonzero'. 1557 1558 * coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Tweak description a little. 1559 15602003-04-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1561 1562 * Makefile.am (constants.texi): Rename target (thus enabling it), 1563 now that fileutils, textutils, and sh-utils have been merged. 1564 (MAINTAINERCLEANFILES): Define. 1565 15662003-04-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1567 1568 * coreutils.texi (false invocation): Note that false exits 1569 unsuccessfully even with --help and --version. 1570 1571 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Don't fail if perl is missing. 1572 Reported by Nelson Beebe. 1573 15742003-03-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1575 1576 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Fix formatting bugs. 1577 From Paul Eggert. 1578 (sort invocation): Describe sort's --stable (-s) option. 1579 15802003-03-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1581 1582 * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Mention that --exact 1583 is now the default for non-regular files. 1584 15852003-03-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1586 1587 * coreutils.texi (Exit status): New section. 1588 Suggestion from Michael Stone. 1589 15902003-02-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1591 1592 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Document --apparent-size. 1593 Adjust documentation of --bytes (-b). 1594 (stat invocation): Describe %B. 1595 15962003-02-07 Richard Dawe <rich@phekda.freeserve.co.uk> 1597 1598 * coreutils.texi: Use @command instead of @code for program names. 1599 1600 * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Mention filesystem-specific 1601 permissions and that mounting a filesystem as read-only may 1602 override actual file permissions. Use @command instead 1603 of @code for program names. 1604 16052003-02-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1606 1607 * coreutils.texi: Adjust alignment and mention `file, text, shell' 1608 on the `* Coreutils:...' dirently line. From Karl Berry. 1609 16102003-02-05 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1611 1612 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Allow bare `POSIX' to be used on 1613 direntry lines. 1614 1615 * coreutils.texi: Use new form of @direntry. 1616 Put unlink in its proper place. Adjust wording in some 1617 dir entry descriptions, mainly so they fit in 80 columns. 1618 Don't use mark-up like @acronym{POSIX} in direntries. 1619 Mostly from Karl Berry. 1620 16212003-01-25 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1622 1623 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Describe new functionality of 1624 --output-delimiter=STR. 1625 16262003-01-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1627 1628 * coreutils.texi (The cut command): Give an example of using cut -c 1629 with an output delimiter. From Jan Nieuwenhuizen. 1630 1631 * coreutils.texi (The cut command): Extend the new example a little. 1632 (Formatting file timestamps): Fix typo: s/%M:S/%M:%S/. 1633 1634 * coreutils.texi: Change each use of `Core-utils' to `Coreutils'. 1635 From Karl Berry. 1636 16372003-01-19 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1638 1639 * coreutils.texi (Which files are listed): Document new option: 1640 --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir. 1641 16422003-01-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1643 1644 Change ls -H back to the way it was yesterday, since this is 1645 compatible with FreeBSD and the POSIX spec is confusing 1646 and somewhat contradictory. 1647 1648 * coreutils.texi (Which files are listed, General output 1649 formatting): Undo last change. 1650 16512003-01-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1652 1653 * coreutils.texi (General output formatting): Reflect option name change: 1654 s/--dereference-command-line/--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir/. 1655 Say that this option changes how ls treats only symlinks to directories 1656 specified on the command line. 1657 16582002-08-27 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org> 1659 1660 * coreutils.texi: Document readlink. 1661 16622002-12-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1663 1664 * coreutils.texi (mknod invocation): Specify how major and minor mode 1665 numbers are interpreted. Report forwarded by Kristin E Thomas. 1666 16672002-11-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1668 1669 * coreutils.texi (Examples of expr): Remove bogus `^'s. 1670 Reported by Thomas Goerlich. 1671 16722002-11-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1673 1674 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed) [--dired]: 1675 Correct parts of --dired description. Reported by Andre Spiegel. 1676 Include a lot more description, with examples. 1677 16782002-11-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1679 1680 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Fix typo in index: 1681 change \0x prefix to \x. 1682 Change \xhhh to \xhh. 1683 16842002-10-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1685 1686 Add support for locale-specific size indications (e.g., 1687 thousands-separators) and for explicit size suffixes on output. 1688 1689 * coreutils.texi (Block size): Say that: 1690 This affects display format as well as block size. 1691 Fractional block counts are rounded up. 1692 ls file size blocksize defaults to 1. 1693 A block size spec preceded by ' generates thousands separators. 1694 A suffix without a preceding integer generates suffixes. 1695 (tail invocation): 32k -> 32 KiB. 1696 (What information is listed): ls -h is now equivalent to 1697 ls --block-size=human, and ls -H is now equivalent to 1698 ls --block-size=si. Displayed file size is now always affected by 1699 --block-size. 1700 17012002-09-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1702 1703 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): In --sleep-interval=NUMBER, 1704 NUMBER may now be a floating point number. 1705 (stat invocation): Remove references to now-removed %S and %C. 1706 (Time directives) [%S]: Explain why the range is [0..60]. 1707 17082002-08-30 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1709 1710 * coreutils.texi [START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY]: Don't use sc{} on LHS. 1711 Fix typo: s/permission/permissions/. From Michail Litvak. 1712 17132002-08-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1714 1715 * coreutils.texi (uniq invocation): uniq now obeys LC_COLLATE. 1716 17172002-07-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1718 1719 * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): Change behavior to conform to 1720 POSIX 1003.1-2001: 1721 - Do not adjust scheduling priority. 1722 - Redirects stderr to stdout, if stderr is not a terminal. 1723 - Exit status is now 126 if command was found but not invoked, 1724 127 if nohup failed or if command was not found. 1725 17262002-07-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1727 1728 * coreutils.texi (Time directives): Document %P, %R, %e, %F, 1729 %g, %G, and %V 1730 17312002-07-22 Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com> 1732 1733 * coreutils.texi (Formatting the file names): Document 1734 that -N/--literal are equivalent to --quoting-style=literal. 1735 Reported by Oskar Liljeblad as Debian bug#103612. 1736 17372002-07-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1738 1739 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): s/PAT/PATTERN/. 1740 From Martin Michlmayr. 1741 17422002-07-08 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1743 1744 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Remove unnecessary "$@" in example; 1745 Texinfo would render the @" as an umlaut over the following character. 1746 From Paul Eggert. 1747 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Check for the above. 1748 17492002-07-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1750 1751 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Remove description of --secure. 1752 17532002-07-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1754 1755 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Rename --link/-l 1756 to --dereference/-L. Rewrite description of --dereference. 1757 17582002-06-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1759 1760 * coreutils.texi (Putting the tools together): Don't mention egrep, 1761 since it's not part of POSIX 1003.1-2001. 1762 17632002-06-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1764 1765 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): New section. From Michael Meskes. 1766 17672002-05-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1768 1769 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document new option: --author. 1770 17712002-06-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1772 1773 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Add the warning (also in the --help 1774 output) that the contents of a removed file are often recoverable. 1775 17762002-05-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1777 1778 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Adapt to reflect that now we use 1779 @acronym{POSIX}. 1780 17812002-05-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1782 1783 * coreutils.texi: Use @acronym in place of most uses of @sc. 1784 * getdate.texi (Date input formats): Likewise. 1785 17862002-04-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1787 1788 * coreutils.texi: Change `@code{PROG}' to `@command{PROG}'. 1789 17902002-04-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1791 1792 * coreutils.texi (kill invocation): Document the above. 1793 Document POSIX signals better. 1794 17952002-04-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1796 1797 * coreutils.texi: Document kill. 1798 Written by Marcus Brinkmann. 1799 18002002-04-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1801 1802 * coreutils.texi: Document link and unlink. 1803 18042002-04-08 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1805 1806 * coreutils.texi: Use new directives, @copying and @insertcopying, 1807 thus now requiring texinfo-4.2 to create the .info file. 1808 18092002-02-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1810 1811 * coreutils.texi (File characteristic tests): Document the 1812 behavior of test -nt and -ot when one of the files does not exist, 1813 using the same behavior that is documented in ksh93. 1814 18152002-03-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1816 1817 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Say that selected input is 1818 written in the same order that it is read, and is written 1819 exactly once. 1820 18212002-03-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1822 1823 Make cp -r equivalent to cp -R. Add a new cp option --copy-contents 1824 for people who want to emulate the traditional (and rarely desirable) 1825 cp -r behavior. 1826 1827 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Document this. 1828 Fix some related minor bugs: --no-dereference is no longer 1829 equivalent to -d, and --archive (-a) can override the other 1830 symlink options. Warn that cp -R is not portable on symbolic 1831 links unless you also specify -P. 1832 18332002-03-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1834 1835 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Document that cp -r 1836 preserves symlinks. Emphasize non-portability of cp -r. 1837 18382002-02-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1839 1840 * coreutils.texi (Time directives): Add %N for nanoseconds. 1841 This documents the recent change to 'ls'. 1842 18432002-02-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1844 1845 * coreutils.texi (pr invocation): Reword to avoid using `:' 1846 in an @opindex entry -- info doesn't permit it. 1847 18482002-02-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1849 1850 * coreutils.texi (Formatting file timestamps): Document new 1851 time-formatting method: --time-style=+FORMAT. 1852 18532002-02-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1854 1855 * coreutils.texi (seq invocation): In the example, use "tail 1856 -n 3", not "tail -3", to conform to POSIX 1003.1-2001. 1857 18582002-02-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1859 1860 * coreutils.texi (tsort background): New section. 1861 From Ian Lance Taylor. 1862 (tsort invocation): Add a more realistic example. 1863 18642002-02-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1865 1866 * coreutils.texi: Document _POSIX2_VERSION. 1867 (Standards Conformance): New section. 1868 18692002-01-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1870 1871 * coreutils.texi (START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY): Remove a few entries 1872 and clean up a few others based on suggestions from Bob Proulx. 1873 18742002-02-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1875 1876 Add support for POSIX 1003.1-2001, which requires removal for 1877 support of obsolete "+" option syntax in sort, tail, and uniq. 1878 * coreutils.texi: Document this. (Also, document a similar 1879 change to "touch", for fileutils). 1880 18812002-01-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1882 1883 * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): List some journaled filesystems. 1884 18852001-11-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1886 1887 * coreutils.texi (Date directives): Document %u. 1888 18892001-11-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1890 1891 * coreutils.texi (paste invocation): Give examples. 1892 Thanks to Dan Jacobson for suggesting the examples. 1893 18942001-11-05 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1895 1896 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Recommend setting LC_ALL=C, 1897 not LC_COLLATE=C. Explain how the latter can cause problems. 1898 Based on a message from Paul Eggert. 1899 (ls invocation): Recommend setting LC_ALL=C, not LC_COLLATE=C. 1900 19012001-10-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1902 1903 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Describe --reply=... 1904 19052001-10-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1906 1907 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): `cp --no-dereference' is 1908 no longer equivalent to `cp -d'. 1909 `cp -d' is equivalent to `--no-dereference --preserve=links'. 1910 cp's -P option means --no-dereference, not --parents. 1911 Describe new optional argument to --preserve. 1912 Describe new option: --no-preserve=ATTRIBUTE_LIST. 1913 19142001-09-23 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1915 1916 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Redirect stderr of `grep -w' to 1917 /dev/null, so people with old versions of grep don't see the failure. 1918 19192001-09-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1920 1921 * coreutils.texi (mv invocation): Describe new option: 1922 --reply={yes,no,query}. Fix a few typos. 1923 19242001-09-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1925 1926 * coreutils.texi (uniq invocation): The input need not 1927 be sorted. Try to clarify -d versus -D versus -u. 1928 19292001-09-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1930 1931 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Document new option: -F. 1932 From Herbert Xu. 1933 19342001-09-04 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1935 1936 * coreutils.texi (join invocation): Describe the GNU 1937 extension to join, which does not require sorted input when 1938 the input contains no unpairable lines. 1939 19402001-09-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1941 1942 * coreutils.texi: 1943 New 'uname' options -i or --hardware-platform, 1944 and -o or --operating-system. 1945 'uname -a' now outputs -i and -o information at the end. 1946 New uname option --kernel-version is an alias for -v. 1947 Uname option --release has been renamed to --kernel-release, 1948 and --sysname has been renamed to --kernel-name; 1949 the old options will work for a while, but are no longer documented. 1950 19512001-08-24 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> 1952 1953 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Document how cut treats lines 1954 with no separators. 1955 19562001-06-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1957 1958 * coreutils.texi: expr now uses LC_COLLATE for string comparison, 1959 as per POSIX. 1960 19612001-08-25 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1962 1963 * coreutils.texi: Use @option, rather than @samp everywhere. 1964 19652001-06-21 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1966 1967 * coreutils.texi: 'expr' now requires '+' rather than 'quote' 1968 to quote tokens. 1969 19702001-07-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1971 1972 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Reflect 2001-07-08 change to 1973 cp (via copy.c). 1974 19752001-06-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1976 1977 * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): Reflect renaming: s/omni-/core/. 1978 * coreutils.texi: Likewise. 1979 1980 * coreutils.texi: New, renamed from omni-utils.texi. 1981 * omni-utils.texi: Removed, renamed to coreutils.texi. 1982 1983 * omni-utils.texi (ls invocation): Mention the effect of locale. 1984 Reported by Keith Thompson. 1985 19862001-05-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1987 1988 * texinfo.tex: Update from master source. 1989 1990 * omni-utils.texi (ls invocation): Document more clearly what ls 1991 does when given no arguments. 1992 19932001-05-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> 1994 1995 * textutils.texi: Remove file. 1996 1997 * Makefile.am ($(DVIS), $(INFO_DEPS)): Depend on $(EXTRA_DIST). 1998 (DISABLED_constants.texi): New rule -- disabled for now. 1999 2000 This directory is now shared by fileutils, textutils, and sh-utils. 2001 2002 2003 ----- 2004 2005 Copyright (C) 2001-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 2006 2007 Copying and distribution of this file, with or without 2008 modification, are permitted provided the copyright notice 2009 and this notice are preserved. 2010