1 2007-01-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
4 (Input processing in ptx, mkdir invocation, rmdir invocation):
5 @item -> @itemx to fix some typos.
7 2007-01-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
9 * coreutils.texi (mkdir invocation): Say how to set the file
10 permission bits of a parent directory with mkdir -p.
12 2007-01-29 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
14 Document new syntax: "chown +0:+287 file", "chgrp +99 file"
15 * coreutils.texi (Disambiguating names and IDs): New section.
16 (chown invocation, chgrp invocation): Mention the new syntax
17 with an xref to the new section.
19 2007-01-19 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
21 * coreutils.texi (ls: General output formatting): Mention the
22 workarounds to accommodate the Apple Terminal bug.
24 2007-01-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
26 * coreutils.texi (base64 invocation): When decoding, newlines
29 2007-01-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
31 Document what the ".0" in e.g., "-k 2,3.0" means, and...
32 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): ... that it can be applied to the
33 field-end spec, but not the field-start one. Patch from Evan Hunt.
35 2006-12-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
37 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Improve the documentation
38 for bs, ibs, obs, and cbs. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
39 Patch by Olivier Delhomme.
40 (dd invocation): Add to the description of cbs.
41 (dd invocation): Specify that bs=N overrides only any
42 _preceding_ ibs and obs settings. Spotted by Andreas Schwab.
44 2006-12-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
46 * coreutils.texi: Remove two doubled words.
47 (Treating / specially): With --preserve-root, chgrp and chown
48 will not modify "/", even through a symlink.
50 2006-11-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
52 * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Fix typo: s/setgid/setuid/.
53 Reported by Georg Neis as Debian bug 400778.
55 2006-10-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
57 * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): When giving the order in which
58 the various "counts" are listed, also mention "maximum line length".
59 Prompted by a report from Vincent LeFevre.
61 2006-10-23 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
63 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Describe --one-file-system.
65 2006-09-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
67 * coreutils.texi (groups invocation): "groups" no longer prefixes
68 the output with "user :" unless more than one user is specified.
70 2006-09-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
72 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Say that -i and -f are
73 independent. Clarify -i's behavior.
74 (Disk usage): Clarify intro. Problem reported by Van Ly.
76 2006-09-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
78 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Ignore -f when standard input
81 2006-09-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
83 * coreutils.texi (Treating / specially): --preserve-root is
84 now the default for rm.
85 (rm invocation): Likewise. Also, document that you can't
86 remove `.' or `..'. Use the POSIX term "root directory"
87 rather than the more-ambiguous "file system root".
89 2006-08-22 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
91 * .cvsignore: Add Makefile.in, coreutils.html, coreutils.pdf,
92 coreutils.ps, coreutils.tps. Remove coreutils.cm (dunno what it
93 is, but the makefile doesn't mention it). Remove coreutils.info
94 as it is subsumed by coreutils.info*.
96 2006-08-22 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
98 * .cvsignore: Add files that are now generated by ../bootstrap.
100 2006-08-20 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
102 * Makefile.in, fdl.texi, getdate.texi:
103 Remove from CVS, since ../bootstrap generates them automatically.
105 2006-08-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
107 * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Reflect doclicense.texi->fdl.texi renaming.
109 2006-08-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
111 * ChangeLog: Add copyright notice.
112 * Makefile.am: Likewise.
113 * getdate.texi: Likewise.
114 * perm.texi: Likewise.
115 * getdate.texi: Update to version 1.2 of the GNU FDL.
116 * coreutils.texi: Likewise.
117 (Copying This Manual): Renamed from GNU Free Documentation License.
118 Now an appendix. Include fdl.texi rather than doclicense.texi.
119 * fdl.tex: Renamed from doclicense.texi. Latest version from FSF.
120 * perm.texi: Add copyright notice.
122 2006-08-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
124 * coreutils.texi (df invocation): df exits nonzero if it outputs
127 2006-08-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
129 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Warn about oflag=append without
130 conv=notrunc. See Debian bug 373736.
132 2006-08-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
134 * coreutils.texi (shuf invocation, Random sources): New sections.
135 (Operating on sorted files): Add shuf.
136 (sort invocation, shred invocation): New option --random-source.
137 (sort invocation): Fix typo: -R -> -r.
139 2006-07-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
141 * coreutils.texi (install invocation, mkdir invocation):
142 Add cross-references to Directory Setuid and Setgid.
143 (install-invocation): The default mode is no longer equivalent to 755.
144 * perm.texi (Changing Special Mode Bits): Clarify u+s versus
145 a+s versus +s, and likewise for g+s.
146 (Numeric Modes): Bring back example of 0055 == 55. 4755 no
147 longer clears setgid bit on directories.
148 (Directory Setuid and Setgid): Numeric modes now affect setuid
149 and setgid on directories only if they set these bits. This
150 is so that leading 0 has no effect on numeric modes.
152 2006-07-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
154 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Mention that missing
155 pieces of information are marked with "?". From Paul Eggert.
157 2006-07-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
159 * perm.texi (Directory Setuid and Setgid): Explain that this is a
160 GNU extension, and that other systems behave differently here.
162 2006-07-22 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
164 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Clarify that the
165 restricted deletion flag is another name for the sticky bit.
166 * perm.texi (Mode Structure): The restricted deletion flag
167 restricts only unprivileged users.
168 (Mode Structure, Symbolic Modes, Numeric Modes): Be more careful
169 about distinguishing file mode bits from permissions bits,
170 and about execute versus search permission. The FreeBSD command
171 is chflags, not chrflags.
173 2006-07-16 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
175 * coreutils.texi: Change GNU to @acronym{GNU} in a few places.
176 Use "set-user-ID" and "set-group-ID" a bit more consistently.
177 Use "appropriate privileges" rather than "super-user" a bit
179 (install invocation): Parent directories are now 755 without uid
180 or gid changing. The default mode is now 0755, not 755.
181 (mkdir invocation): Rewrite the top-level usage description, since
182 I couldn't easily follow the old one. It's now 3 lines not 8.
183 For -m, describe file permission bits versus other bits, and note
184 that mkdir is atomic if you don't mention special bits.
185 (chmod invocation): Mention what chmod does to setgid and setuid bits.
186 * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Modernize the explanation of the
187 setuid and setgid bits on directories.
188 (Changing Special Mode Bits): Mention that a implies both u and g
189 for s. Cross reference to new node.
190 (Numeric Modes): Don't claim that 0055 is the same as 55; this isn't
191 true any more. Mention new node.
192 4755 is now like u=rwxs,go=rx,g-s, not like u=rwxs,go=rx.
193 (Directory Setuid and Setgid): New node.
195 2006-07-08 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
197 * coreutils.texi (Squeezing): Separate doubled "the", so typo-checkers
200 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Enforce the zeros vs. zeroes consistency.
202 2006-07-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
204 * coreutils.texi: Fix some typos. Use `zeros' consistently (both
205 `zeros' and `zeroes' are correct).
207 2006-07-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
209 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): With no operand, 'tail -f' now
210 silently ignores the '-f' only if standard input is a FIFO or pipe
211 and POSIXLY_CORRECT is set.
213 2006-06-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
215 * coreutils.texi (seq invocation): seq now uses long double
216 internally rather than double. It now defaults to a minimal fixed
217 point format if possible. It lets you use %a, %A, %E, %F, %G.
218 Don't assume printf doesn't work for numbers that fit in 64 but
219 not 32 bits; typically they work these days. Improve discussion
220 of large integers and update the rounding-error numbers.
222 2006-06-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
224 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): 'sort +1 -2' is now supported
225 even when conforming to POSIX 1003.1-2001, since this is a pure
228 2006-06-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
230 * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Remove ./ prefix from example.
233 2006-06-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
235 * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Spell out `--files0-from' in
236 the example. Suggestion from Bob Proulx.
238 * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Document new --files0-from option.
240 2006-06-20 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
242 * coreutils.texi (sleep invocation): Document that accepting
243 multiple arguments and suffixes are extensions.
244 Reported by Dan Jacobson.
246 2006-06-12 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
248 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Use $(_W) and $(W_) instead of
249 assuming grep -w (which is not portable).
251 2006-05-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
253 * Makefile.am: Use `AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS' rather than
254 overwriting `MAKEINFO', so that `missing' can do its job.
256 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Use `$(EGREP)' instead of `grep -E'.
257 (check-texinfo): Use literal `{' only in brackets, i.e., [{] or [}],
258 to avoid triggering an error from Solaris 2.6's grep.
260 2006-05-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
262 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Remove mention of --seed, since
265 2006-05-04 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
267 * coreutils.texi (Examples of date): Give example of @seconds.
269 2006-05-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
271 * coreutils.texi (head invocation, tail invocation, sort invocation):
272 Give advice about porting to hosts that support only obsolete syntax.
273 Problem reported by Zack Weinberg.
275 2006-04-23 Francesco Montorsi <fr_m@hotmail.com>
277 * coreutils.texi (Which files are listed): Describe new option:
278 --group-directories-first.
280 2006-04-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
282 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Add P for Solaris
283 10 ports. Add commented-out entries for other types that POSIX
284 says are possible, or that I observed in FreeBSD documentation.
286 2006-04-18 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
288 * coreutils.texi (Input processing in ptx): Remove mention of the
289 default --ignore file, /usr/local/lib/eign. That file has never
290 been used. Reported by Eric Blake.
292 2006-04-12 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
294 * coreutils.texi (expr invocation): expr exit status is 3 only for
295 internal errors now; 2 is also for invalid values in expressions.
297 (What information is listed): Document 'ls' type letters.
298 Problem reported by Lincoln Martin.
300 2006-04-09 Ori Avtalion <oavtal@bezeqint.net>
302 * coreutils.texi (Top): Add 'hostid' to System context menu line.
305 2006-03-22 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
307 * coreutils.texi (General options in ptx): Undocument --copyright.
309 2006-03-27 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
311 * coreutils.texi (dirname invocation): Macro in previous patch
314 2006-03-11 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
316 * coreutils.texi (basename invocation, dirname invocation):
317 Improve documentation to match recent // patches.
319 2006-03-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
321 * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): nohup now redirects stderr to
322 nohup.out if stdout is closed and stderr is a tty.
324 2006-03-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
326 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): New flags directory, nolinks.
327 Alphabetize nofollow.
329 2006-02-17 Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
331 * coreutils.texi: Add base64 section.
333 2006-02-20 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
335 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Fix typo in last patch.
336 (paste invocation): Fix whitespace.
338 2006-02-18 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
340 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Document new -I option, and new
341 --interactive behavior.
343 2006-02-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
345 * coreutils.texi (Character sets): Don't say that an unknown
346 backslash-escape causes an error message -- it doesn't.
347 Mention that `\' also removes any special significance, so
348 is useful for [, ], *, -. Prompted by Richard Neill in
349 http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=14937
351 2006-02-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
353 * coreutils.texi (od invocation): Warn that -t a ignores the high
356 2006-01-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
358 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): In the obsolete usage, the
359 count is optional, so put square brackets around it.
361 2006-01-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
363 * getdate.texi (General date syntax): Invalid dates are rejected.
364 (Time of day items): Mention the possibility of leap seconds.
365 Problem reported by Dr. David Alan Gilbert.
367 * coreutils.texi: Use @acronym around "ISO" uniformly.
368 (Date conversion specifiers): Explain %g, %G, and %V a bit better.
370 2006-01-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
372 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Say that --retry
373 is useful `mainly' (not `only') when following by name.
375 2006-01-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
377 * coreutils.texi, perm.texi: Clarify file mode bits versus
378 file permission bits.
379 * coreutils.texi (mkfifo invocation, mknod invocation): -m
380 affects only file permission bits.
382 2005-12-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
384 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Clarify that a blank is a space
387 2005-12-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
389 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation) [--printf]: Describe new option.
390 [--format]: Add example. Distinguish from --printf.
391 Sort option descriptions.
393 2005-12-05 Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>
395 * coreutils.texi (ls): Clarify the Alternate Access Method description.
396 (cp): Clarify that --preserve=mode also preserves acls.
398 2005-12-12 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
400 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Clarify explanation of
401 --random-sort, and use a simpler example.
403 2005-12-10 Frederik Eaton <frederik@ofb.net>
405 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Add --random-sort (-R) and --seed.
407 2005-12-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
409 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): New noatime flag.
411 2005-11-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
413 * coreutils.texi (df invocation): Document treatment of dummy file
416 2005-11-16 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
418 * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): ln -v now outputs lines only for
420 (tail invocation): Say that the obsolete form uses exactly one
421 option and at most one file.
423 2005-11-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
425 * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Capitalize two sentences in an
426 enumerated list and fix a typo. From Aaron Hawley.
428 2005-11-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
430 * coreutils.texi (Formatting file timestamps): ls now defaults to
431 --time-style='locale', which in turn acts like
432 --time-style='posix-long-iso' if the locale settings are messed up.
434 2005-11-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
436 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Don't mention --directory (-d).
438 2005-11-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
440 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Describe obsolete usages
441 like "tail -2" more precisely.
442 (touch invocation): The old usage works only for 1969-1999 now.
444 2005-08-28 David Madore <david.madore@ens.fr>
446 * coreutils.texi: Document SHA-1 and SHA-2 utilities.
448 2005-10-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
450 * doc/coreutils.texi (Top, General output formatting, dir invocation):
451 (vdir invocation): Don't document the old v and d commands.
453 2005-10-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
455 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Document du's -m option,
456 now that we've decided to keep it.
457 (who invocation): Remove documentation for deprecated --idle (-i).
459 2005-10-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
461 * coreutils.texi: Avoid a few overfull/underfull hboxes.
463 2005-09-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
465 * coreutils.texi (touch invocation):
466 "touch -" now touches standard output.
468 2005-09-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
470 * coreutils.texi (who invocation): Remove a stray '+'.
472 2005-09-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
474 * coreutils.texi (uname invocation): uname -a no longer generates
475 the -p and -i outputs if they are unknown.
477 2005-09-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
479 * coreutils.texi (Time conversion specifiers, Options for date):
480 Document date --rfc-3339 and new specifiers %:z, %::z, %:::z. Use
481 "date and time" consistently; the old version sometimes said "time
482 and date". Fix a minor bug in the documentation for --rfc-2822:
483 it claimed day-of-month < 10 had leading space, not leading zero.
484 Use a consistent format for terms like "RFC".
485 (uname invocation): Mention that Linux outputs "unknown" for
488 2005-09-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
490 * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Document "niceness" versus
491 "nice value" versus "scheduling priority".
493 2005-09-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
495 * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Use "niceness", not "nice value"
496 to talk about nice values offset by -20. Don't use the word
497 "priority" when niceness is intended.
499 2005-08-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
501 * coreutils.texi (join invocation): Itemize the defaults.
504 2005-08-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
506 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation, mv invocation): Remove square
507 brackets in --reply=[HOW]. Reported by Oscar Liljeblad.
509 2005-07-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
511 * coreutils.texi (md5sum invocation): --check now allows multiple
514 2005-07-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
516 * coreutils.texi (false invocation):
517 Mention that false is often built-in, and that it exits
518 with status >1 on some hosts.
519 (true invocation): Remove now-incorrect "non-POSIX mode" reference.
521 2005-07-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
523 * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): POSIXLY_CORRECT no longer
524 affects nohup's behavior. Input is redirected from /dev/null.
526 2005-07-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
528 * coreutils.texi (cat invocation): Remove -B or --binary option
529 (available on MS-DOS-like platforms only). Explain when text and
530 binary mode are used now.
531 (md5sum invocation): -b actually does have an effect on Unix: it
532 causes "*" to be output. Explain when text and binary mode are
535 2005-07-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
537 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Mark --reply as deprecated.
538 (mv invocation): Likewise.
540 2005-06-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
542 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Clarify how --reply=no works.
544 2005-06-14 William Brendling <wbrendling@gmail.com>
546 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): New options --last-time and
549 2005-06-19 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
551 * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Change a few `paths' to `file names'.
552 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Also catch uses of path, pathname.
554 2005-06-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
556 * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Clarify that shred
557 works on ext3 as long as it's not in data=journal mode.
558 Patch from Mark Melahn.
560 2005-06-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
562 * coreutils.texi (Backup options): Undocument --version-control=S (-V).
564 2005-06-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
566 * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Examples, from Bob Proulx.
568 2005-06-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
570 Use "file name" when talking about file names, instead of "filename"
571 or "path", as per the GNU coding standards.
572 * coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): "path component" ->
573 "component", since we don't use the POSIX "path" nomenclature.
575 2005-05-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
577 * getdate.texi (General date syntax): Don't say that date
578 date --iso-8601=ns generates acceptable dates; it doesn't yet.
579 Problem reported by Nic Ferrier.
581 2005-05-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
583 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): New flags "binary" and "text".
585 2005-05-04 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
587 * coreutils.texi (chmod invocation): chmod -w complains if its
588 behavior differs from what chmod a-w would do.
590 2005-05-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
592 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): ls --indicator-style=directory
593 renamed to ls --indicator-style=slash, to avoid confusion with ls
596 2005-04-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
598 * perm.texi (Mode Structure, Changing Special Permissions):
599 (Conditional Executability, Numeric Modes):
600 These days the sticky bit is more often uses as the restricted
601 deletion flag, so modernize the discussion about this.
602 (Mode Structure): Linux/GNU -> GNU/Linux.
603 (Symbolic Modes): Don't imply that "+ur" or "u" is valid.
604 (Setting Permissions): Don't imply that "+t" is invalid.
605 Use "rwx" rather than the less-common "rxw" in an example.
606 (Copying Permissions): Say that ugo is a replacement for
607 a string of the other letters. Add spaces around examples.
608 Use "set-user-ID" rather than "set user ID" to avoid ambiguity.
609 Use "+t" rather than "o+t", since POSIX doesn't specify the latter.
610 Mention which combinations are portable and which are GNU.
611 (Numeric Modes): Don't imply they aren't portable; they are
614 2005-04-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
616 * coreutils.texi (Standards conformance): Do not mention head -10,
617 since it now works the same regardless of POSIX version.
618 (od invocation): -w N -> -w[N].
619 (pr invocation): -S STRING -> -SSTRING.
620 (fold invocation): -WIDTH works even when conforming to POSIX
622 (head invocation, tail invocation): Likewise for -NUM.
623 (split invocation): Likewise for -LINES.
624 (uniq invocation): Likewise for -N.
625 (expand invocation, unexpand invocation): Likewise for -TAB.
626 (nice invocation): Likewise for -ADJUSTMENT.
627 (sort invocation): Clarify explanation of +N option.
628 (uniq invocation): Likewise.
629 (join invocation): Remove special case for --help, --version.
630 (touch invocation): Clarify explanation of date options.
631 (Options for date): -I timespec -> -I[timespec].
633 2005-04-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
635 * coreutils.texi (install invocation): Use a= instead of 0 for
636 the point of departure for -m, and explain what it meeams.
637 (mkdir invocation, mkfifo invocation, mknod invocation):
638 The umask does not affect the point of departure.
639 Problem reported by Mike Stone.
641 2005-04-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
643 * coreutils.texi: For consistency, standardize on "user ID" rather
644 than "uid" or "UID" or "user id". Similarly for "group ID".
646 2005-04-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
648 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Say that --recursive removes
649 listed directories too, not just their contents.
651 2005-04-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
653 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document the distinction between
654 INFO and USR1 for dd, and the effect of POSIXLY_CORRECT here.
656 2005-04-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
658 * coreutils.texi (cat invocation, chown invocation)
659 (chgrp invocation, basename invocation, dirname invocation):
660 Add examples, which are copies of the examples newly added
661 to the usage messages.
662 (ln invocation): Use same format as other examples above,
665 2005-03-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
667 * coreutils.texi: Clarify NUL vs null byte vs null character.
669 2005-03-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
671 * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): Clarify nohup.out creation.
673 2005-03-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
675 * coreutils.texi (Formatting file timestamps): Very long timestamps
676 may be treated as errors.
678 2005-03-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
680 * coreutils.texi (date invocation): Use an example that makes it
681 clear tha the default date use space-padded day of month.
682 Replace "directive" with "conversion specifier" to be consistent
683 with POSIX. All uses changed.
684 Fix menu RHS to match actual directive lists.
685 (Time conversion specifiers): Renamed from Time directives.
686 Use @samp consistently, sometimes instead of @code.
687 Consistently ention which specifiers are GNU extensions.
688 Give more examples (in some cases, instead of ranges).
689 Say why %F is preferred for dates.
690 (Date conversion specifiers): Renamed from Date directives.
691 Likewise for other changes.
692 (Padding and other flags): Correct the description.
693 Document #. Give an example for %9B.
695 2005-02-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
697 * coreutils.texi: Adjust to match current strftime.c.
698 (Time directives): Say that %k, %l, and %P are GNU extensions.
699 For %p and %P, mention handling of noon and midnight.
700 For %s, use ISO 8601, and mention handling of leap seconds.
701 For %S, clarify mention of leap seconds.
702 For %T, say that it's the same as %H:%M:%S.
703 For %X, don't say that it must be the same as %H:%M:%S.
704 For %z and %Z, clarify which time zones are used. These options
705 are now affected by --date, so don't claim that they're not.
706 (Date directives): %C is now all but the last two chars of %Y.
707 For %D, say that it's equivalent to %m/%d/%y.
708 For %e, use blank in example.
709 For %h, use @code for %b.
710 For %Y, mention what happens with outlandish years.
711 (Padding and other flags): Renamed from Padding.
712 Mention that the flags are GNU extensions.
713 Mention the 0 and ^ flags.
714 Mention field widths an modifiers.
715 (Examples of date): - is a flag, not a modifier.
717 2005-01-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
719 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Specify that a string
720 of zero digits is interpreted as 0. Reported by Ulrich Hermisson.
722 2005-01-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
724 * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Clarify that shred works fine
725 with journaled file systems that are configured not to journal
726 file system data. Also mention BFS and NTFS.
728 2004-12-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
730 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Change minor problem to be
731 "subdirectory not found", since top-level trouble is now serious.
732 (dircolors invocation): Quote argument to eval. Problem reported
733 by Stephane Chazelas.
735 2004-12-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
737 * coreutils.texi (join invocation): Mention that blank separators
738 in the -o option need to be quoted. Problem reported by Phil Clayton.
740 2004-12-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
742 * coreutils.texi (id invocation): -G also prints main group.
743 Problem reported by Tim Waugh.
745 2004-12-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
747 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document new "ls" exit status.
749 2004-12-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
751 * getdate.texi (Time of day items, Time zone items):
752 Describe new formats +00:00, UTC+00:00.
754 2004-12-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
756 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Say when --complement is useful.
758 2004-10-01 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
760 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Document --complement and
761 adjust the documentation of -b, -c, -f.
763 2004-11-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
765 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Use if=/dev/null rather
766 than :|. Problem reported by Dan Jacobson.
767 Use "seek=2GiB" rather than the wordier "seek=`echo '2^31'|bc`".
768 Say "KiB" not the (inaccurate) "kilobytes".
769 Similarly for "GiB" and "gigabytes".
771 2004-11-16 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
773 * coreutils.texi: Changes inspired by Debian coreutils 5.2.1-2.
774 (General output formatting): -x doesn't have an operand.
775 (Formatting the file names): Warn that even with -N unprintable
776 chars are still printed as '?' some times.
777 (rm invocation): Reword rm -d to note that it's sometimes useful
779 (logname invocation, users invocation, who invocation):
780 The utmp and wtmp file names vary from system to system.
782 * getdate.texi (General date syntax): "next" is 1, not 2.
783 Document that "second" isn't allowed as an ordinal number.
785 2004-11-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
787 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Reword the new dd message.
789 2004-11-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
791 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): dd now outputs total bytes,
792 seconds, and bytes per second.
794 2004-11-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
796 * Makefile.am (_W, W_): New macros.
797 (check-texinfo): Use them instead of assuming grep -w (which is not
800 2004-10-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
802 * coreutils.texi: Document TZ better, and adjust to new getdate.texi.
804 (pr invocation, Formatting file timestamps, touch invocation,
805 stat invocation, who invocation, date invocation, Options for date):
807 * getdate.texi: Sync from gnulib.
809 2004-10-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
811 * coreutils.texi (Standards conformance): Use "head -10" rather
812 than "head -1" as example of obsolete usage, since the POSIX
813 consensus is that "head -1" could be supported even if we don't
814 yet have clear consensus on "head -10". See today's revision to
816 <http://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/single_unix_faq.html>.
818 2004-10-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
820 * coreutils.texi (pathchk invocation): Options must precede operands.
822 2004-10-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
824 * coreutils.texi (pathchk invocation): Overall lengths are
825 OS limits, not file system limits. Component length checks
826 apply to all components, not merely to existing ones. Say
827 that nonexistent names are not errors. For -p, omit all
828 checks based on the underlying file system, not merely length
829 checks. Explain what the portable file name character set is.
831 2004-10-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
833 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Mention ISO/IEC 10646 as
834 well as Unicode. Various minor formatting cleanups.
836 2004-10-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
838 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Move LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE
839 index entries to proper paragraph.
841 2004-10-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
843 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Add `builtin' and `builtins' to
844 the list of words to avoid.
846 2004-10-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
848 * coreutils.texi (Special built-in utilities): New node.
849 (printf invocation): builtin -> built-in, for consistency
850 with POSIX terminology.
851 (test invocation, pwd invocation):
852 Use specific rather than generic language to warn about
854 (chroot invocation, env invocation, nice invocation, nohup invocation):
855 Warn that command must not be a special built-in.
856 (env invocation): Warn about environment variables with unusual
857 spellings, or duplicates.
859 2004-09-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
861 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document "ls --hide".
863 2004-09-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
865 * coreutils.texi (chmod invocation): Warn about "chmod -w file".
867 2004-09-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
869 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Fix bugs in the description of
870 the obsolete syntax (e.g., it does not support -k or -m). Warn
871 about usages like "tail -" and "tail -c 4" that are ambigous on
874 2004-09-20 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
876 * coreutils.texi (mv invocation, rm invocation): Say "the response
877 is affirmative" rather than "the response begins with y or Y",
878 so that the documentation is accurate in non-English locales.
879 Problem reported by Munzir Taha.
881 2004-09-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
883 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Distinguish between options
884 (e.g., --help) and operands (e.g., if=file). Move miscellaneous
885 stuff after the operand descriptions, for clarity.
887 2004-09-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
889 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): -u disables the last-resort
890 comparison, too. Revamp its description.
891 (test invocation): Document -r, -w, -x more carefully.
893 2004-09-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
895 * coreutils.texi (Common options): Some programs don't reorder
897 (tr invocation, echo invocation, printf invocation, test invocation,
898 expr invocation, basename invocation, chroot invocation,
899 nice invocation, nohup invocation, seq invocation):
900 This program doesn't reorder options.
901 (tr invocation): Mention --help, --version, --.
902 (echo invocation): Mention that -- isn't special.
903 (test invocation): Mention that the expression is optional,
904 and that test ! EXPR is like ! test EXPR.
905 Mention that -h and -L don't dereference symlinks.
906 (expr invocation): Mention --help, --version.
908 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Add remarks about sort -u
909 versus sort | uniq. Prompted by a question from Andrew Noymer.
911 2004-09-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
913 * coreutils.texi (od invocation): Several changes for POSIX
914 and FreeBSD compatibility. Add support for XSI syntax
915 (POSIX 1003.1-2004). Rename -s[N] to -S N. Remove documentation
916 for -h. -i is now -t dI (not d2) and -l is now -t dL (not d4).
918 2004-09-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
920 * coreutils.texi (String tests): Improve quality of warning about
921 quoting strings for the shell.
923 2004-09-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
925 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Specify which conversion options
926 are mutually exclusive. Give a bit more detail about ascii,
927 ebcdic, and ibm conversions.
929 2004-08-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
931 POSIX-conformance fixes for "expand" and "unexpand".
932 * coreutils.texi: Standardize on "tab stop" (the POSIX usage)
933 rather than "tabstop".
934 (unexpand invocation): Use "blank" rather than "space" when
935 POSIX requires "blank". Define "blank". Initial blanks are
936 converted even if there's just one. For -a, convert two or
937 more blanks only if they occur just before a tab stop.
939 2004-08-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
941 * coreutils.texi (chown invocation): Fix synopsis:
942 group must always be preceded by separator.
943 "chown : file" and "chown '' file" don't change the owner or group.
944 Update the explanation of what happens to the set-user-ID or
945 set-group-ID bits, e.g., they sometimes are not cleared if they
946 denote mandatory locking. Change "find"-oriented examples to use
949 2004-08-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
951 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Clarify how "printf" is
952 supposed to work with extra arguments, missing arguments, etc.
954 2004-08-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
956 POSIX-conformance fixes for "-" used as an operand.
957 * coreutils.texi (Common options): Clarify that "-" means
958 stdin/stdout only when it is an operand, not when it is an
960 (shred invocation): "shred -- -" is equivalent to "shred -",
962 (tee invocation): "tee -" means to copy (again) to stdout.
964 2004-07-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
966 * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Document the "nice value", and
967 how it affects the scheduling priority. (The old documentation
968 implied that the nice value equaled the scheduling priority, which
969 isn't accurate.) Document that the range of nice values might
970 exceed -20..19. Specify what happens when you give a nice value
971 that is out of range, or when you don't have permissions to lower
972 the nice value. Bash doesn't have a builtin 'nice', so don't say
973 "most shells" have one.
975 2004-04-03 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>
977 * coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Document new
978 "readlink -f" behaviour and new canonicalize options, -e and -m.
980 2004-07-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
982 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Disallow `filename' in .texi files.
983 Spell it like `file name' instead, to be consistent.
984 Fail if a @footnote directive follows non-punctuation.
985 Fail upon use of @url. Use @uref instead.
987 2004-07-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
989 * coreutils.texi (Common options, Target directory, cp invocation,
990 install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation): Add -t as a
991 short option for --target-directory, and -T as a short option for
992 --no-target-directory. Clean up relevant synopses a bit, so that
993 the language is similar for all.
995 2004-06-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
997 * coreutils.texi: Put the right amount of space at sentence ends.
998 Make sure "i.e." and "e.g." are followed by commas (the GNU style).
999 Put blank lines before and after every @example, prefer the
1000 previous line to end in ":" (when not a sentence end, for consistency),
1001 and prepend @noindent to the following line when appropriate.
1002 In examples, use "--" arguments when needed to prevent undesired
1003 interpretation of operands as options.
1004 Use "file name" rather than "filename", as per the GNU coding standards.
1005 Remove unwanted spaces before @footnote.
1006 Use "---" when appropriate, instead of " -- ".
1007 Use "name" (or something like that) rather than "path" or "pathname",
1008 since the GNU coding standards don't allow "path".
1009 Use @acronym, @command, @minus{}, @samp in a few places,
1011 (Target directory): Clarify description of example.
1012 (fmt invocation): Give issue number for reference, and reword
1014 (sort invocation): Note that xargs without -0 also mishandles
1015 file names containing some special characters other than newline.
1016 (Translating): Mention that \012 is not universally portable.
1017 Use '\0' rather than '\000'.
1018 (Squeezing): bourne -> Bourne.
1019 Fix unportable usage of '\n' by replacing it with '[\n*]'.
1020 (More details about version sort): Remove unnecessary indent
1022 (dd invocation): Use 'kill -s USR1', not 'kill -USR1', as POSIX
1023 indicates that the former is more portable (the latter is an XSI
1025 (shred invocation): Use @uref rather than @url, and use a more-typical
1027 (kill invocation): Clarify usage; for example, "kill -s TERM -1"
1029 (seq invocation): Reword to avoid implying that printf necessarily
1030 fails for numbers outside the 32-bit range. Prefer separating
1031 options from their operands.
1032 (Opening the software toolbox): Give an online reference to
1033 Robbins's article, and give a date. Don't imply that the
1034 current documentation is unchanged from his article.
1035 (Putting the tools together): Rework examples so that they don't
1036 assume the C locale; nowadays many users now operate outside the C
1037 locale by default. While we're at it, don't assume ASCII either.
1038 Indent example to match actual output from GNU uniq. Remove some
1039 unnecessary and confusing brackets from 'tr' operands. "Software
1040 Tools in Pascal" is back in print, according to Amazon anyway.
1041 Add references to Kernighan's online copies of examples.
1043 2004-06-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
1045 * coreutils.texi, perm.texi: Standardize on "file system" rather
1046 than "filesystem", as POSIX prefers it with a space.
1048 2004-06-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
1050 * coreutils.texi (Common options, Target directory, cp
1051 invocation, install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation):
1053 (link invocation): Explain how to rewrite link using ln now
1054 that we have --no-target-directory.
1055 (ln invocation): Explain that --no-target-directory subsumes
1057 (unlink invocation): Modify wording to match new wording in
1060 2004-06-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
1062 * coreutils.texi (install invocation): Document
1063 --target-directory in synopsis, too.
1065 2004-06-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
1067 * coreutils.texi (yes invocation): "--" is now supported.
1068 (false invocation, true invocation): --help and --version now
1069 work unconditionally.
1071 2004-06-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1073 * coreutils.texi: Remove menu references to just-removed subsection.
1075 2004-06-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1077 * coreutils.texi (tr invocation): Remove the section describing
1078 how POSIXLY_CORRECT changes tr's behavior.
1080 2004-06-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1082 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Clarify what --output-delimiter=STR
1083 does with byte/character ranges.
1085 2004-06-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
1087 * coreutils.texi (tr invocation): Mention -C.
1089 2004-05-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
1091 * coreutils.texi (echo invocation): Document today's changes.
1093 2004-05-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1095 chgrp and chown now dereference symlinks by default, per POSIX.
1096 * coreutils.texi (chgrp invocation, chown invocation): Document it.
1098 2004-05-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
1100 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Document that "sort -m -o F"
1101 might write F before reading all the input.
1103 2004-05-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1105 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Change IO to I/O.
1106 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Check for the above.
1108 2004-04-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1110 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Mention -k earlier, so
1111 that the options are in alphabetical order. Describe how -b works
1112 more-accurately; this involves fixing some examples, too. Mention
1113 what happens if the start field falls after an end field or after
1114 a line end. Warn about using -k without -b, -g, -M, -n, or -t.
1115 Add an example of how to sort IPv4 addresses and Apache Common
1116 Log Format dates. Remove a duplicate example.
1117 (Putting the tools together): Use separate options rather
1118 than agglomerating them.
1120 2004-03-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1122 cp -pu and mv -u (when copying) now take the destination
1123 file system time stamp resolution into account.
1125 * coreutils.texi (mv invocation): Document this.
1126 (cp invocation): Document -u (it was missing!) with new behavior.
1128 2004-04-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
1130 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Remove noctty flag from dd.
1132 2004-04-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1134 New dd conv= symbols nocreat, excl, fdatasync, fsync,
1135 and new dd options iflag= and oflag=.
1137 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document them.
1139 2004-04-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1141 * coreutils.texi (stty invocation - Input): Document new iutf8 option.
1143 2004-04-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1145 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Correct --format description.
1147 2004-02-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1149 * coreutils.texi (Block size): Document new envvar BLOCKSIZE.
1151 2004-03-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1153 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Add a check to ensure future
1154 consistency in using @sc{nul}, not `NUL'.
1156 2004-03-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1158 * coreutils.texi: Use @sc{nul} consistently for NUL.
1159 (du invocation): FILE0 -> FILE.
1161 2004-03-23 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1163 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): --files0-from is useful with
1164 --total (-c), not with --summarize.
1166 2004-03-22 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1168 * coreutils.texi: Tweak a few lines that resulted in
1169 `overfull hbox' warnings.
1171 2004-03-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1173 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Document new option: --file0-from=F.
1175 2004-02-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1177 * coreutils.texi (touch invocation):
1178 Describe use of fractional seconds.
1179 (date invocation, Options for date): Likewise.
1180 * getdate.texi (General date syntax, Time of day items): Likewise.
1181 * coreutils.texi (date invocation): Mention effect of LC_TIME.
1182 (Options for date): Describe new --iso-8601=ns option.
1184 * getdate.texi: Add copyright notice. Change getdate to
1185 get_date when talking about the function name.
1186 (Seconds since the Epoch): New section, containing the time_t
1187 info moved from Date input formats section, along with new
1188 info about the @ syntax. Mention negative time stamps,
1189 fractional time stamps, and leap seconds.
1190 (General date syntax): Modernize examples a bit to reflect new
1192 (General date syntax, Relative items in date strings):
1193 Use ' rather than " to quote formats.
1194 (Time of day items): Add an example with fractional seconds.
1195 Describe fractional-second syntax.
1197 2004-03-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1199 * coreutils.texi (date invocation): Add missing `C' to %[...] range
1200 in the `Date directives:: ...' menu entry. From Bob Proulx.
1202 * coreutils.texi: Add FIXME comment:
1203 The following don't have `invocation' nodes: [, pinky, shasum, uptime.
1205 2004-03-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1207 * coreutils.texi (Sorting the output): Remove description of
1208 ls's --sort=directory option. ls doesn't accept that option, yet.
1209 Reported by Arvind Autar.
1211 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Improve description of
1212 cp's --sparse=WHEN option.
1214 * coreutils.texi (nl invocation): Specify that these are _basic_
1215 regular expressions (BRE), and add a link to grep's documentation.
1216 Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
1218 2004-02-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1220 * coreutils.texi (chown invocation): Document that chown now falls
1221 back on USER.GROUP parsing regardless of POSIX version, as POSIX
1222 1003.1-2001 allows that behavior as a compatible extension.
1224 2004-02-22 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1226 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Mention that using du's -H option
1227 currently evokes a warning.
1229 2004-02-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1231 * coreutils.texi (expr invocation):
1232 Document what forms integers may take, and say "integer"
1233 consistently instead of "number". Warn about operands
1234 that "expr" can misinterpret, and how to work around the
1237 2004-02-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1239 * coreutils.texi (csplit invocation): Correct typo (s/LINE/N/)
1240 in description of `N' pattern. From Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
1242 2004-02-11 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1244 * coreutils.texi (Time directives): The %s value *is* changed by the
1245 --date=DATE option; don't say otherwise. Patch from Padraig Brady.
1247 2004-02-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1249 * coreutils.texi (Formatting the file names):
1250 Improve wording for --quoting-style documentation.
1251 Suggestions by Bruno Haible.
1253 2004-02-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1255 * coreutils.texi (nice invocation): Add examples.
1256 Prompted by a suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
1257 (factor invocation): Add an example.
1258 Update timing numbers for a more modern CPU.
1260 2004-01-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1262 * coreutils.texi (seq invocation): Remove `@dots{}' at end of synopsis.
1263 Separate `Synopses' section into three examples.
1264 Clarify first paragraph. @w{}-protect an expression.1
1265 Use @option{--option}, rather than @code{--option}.
1267 2004-01-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1269 * coreutils.texi (Exit status): Document that ordinary failure
1270 might not exit with status 1 on unusual platforms.
1271 Mention chroot, env, nice, and su as having unusual exit
1272 status patterns. Don't bother to mention true and false
1273 since their exit status patterns are actually normal.
1274 (sort invocation, su invocation): Mention its unusual exit
1276 (chroot invocation): Simplify description of exit status 1.
1277 Remove duplicate description of status 127.
1278 (env invocation): Use consistent tenses; simplifiy description
1280 (nice invocation): Likewise.
1282 2003-12-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1284 * coreutils.texi (touch invocation): touch -r and -d can now
1285 both be specified, with -r specifying the origin for -d.
1287 2004-01-15 Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@kemisten.nu>
1289 Factor out some common options.
1290 * coreutils.texi (Common options): Define macros here.
1291 (What information is listed, cp invocation): Use the macro(s).
1292 (install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation): Likewise.
1293 (df invocation, du invocation): Likewise.
1295 2004-01-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1297 Document the exit status of each and every program.
1298 * coreutils.texi (yes invocation): Document that a write error
1299 makes `yes' exit unsuccessfully.
1300 (chroot invocation): Enumerate the meaning of exit status values.
1301 (nice invocation): Likewise.
1302 (Exit status) [@macro exitstatus]: New macro.
1303 Use @exitstatus to describe the exit status of most programs.
1305 2004-01-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1307 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Mention that -H will eventually
1308 mean not --si, but --dereference-args (-D).
1310 2003-12-20 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1312 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Describe new option: -0, --null.
1314 2003-12-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1316 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed, chroot invocation):
1317 Adjust example 'ls' output to match new behavior with narrower
1319 (The cut command): Remove example that cut the output of
1320 'ls -l'. The output was incorrect even with the old 'ls', and
1321 the whole idea of using 'cut' on 'ls -l' output is bogus anyway.
1323 2003-11-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1325 Parse floating-point operands and options in the C locale.
1326 POSIX requires this for printf, and we might as well be
1327 consistent elsewhere (tail, sleep, seq).
1329 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation, printf invocation,
1330 sleep invocation, seq invocation): Document this.
1332 2003-11-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1334 * coreutils.texi (Traversing symlinks, Treating / specially):
1336 (rm invocation, chown invocation, chmod invocation, chgrp invocation):
1337 Describe new options, --preserve-root and --no-preserve-root.
1339 2003-11-11 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1341 * coreutils.texi (chown invocation) [chownchgrpoptions]: New macro
1342 describing -H, -L, -P options. Use it here.
1343 (chgrp invocation): And here.
1345 2003-11-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1347 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Fix typo in example.
1349 2003-10-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1351 * coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Note that --directory, -d, -F
1352 probably won't work even for superuser. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
1354 2003-09-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1356 * coreutils.texi (csplit invocation):
1357 The regexp offset need not have a sign; POSIX requires support
1358 for signless offets.
1360 2003-10-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1362 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Describe -P, --no-dereference.
1364 2003-09-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1366 * coreutils.texi (Translating): Correct typo in menu description.
1369 2003-09-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1371 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): -d now overrides -i.
1372 "whitespace" -> "blanks"; "whitespace" isn't correct.
1373 -t '\0' now specifies a NUL tab.
1375 2003-08-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1377 * coreutils.texi (who invocation): Add an entry for -l, --login.
1378 Remove `-l' from the entry for --lookup.
1379 (who invocation): Begin adding missing option documentation.
1381 2003-08-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1383 * coreutils.texi (split invocation):
1384 Add -d or --numeric-suffixes option to 'split'.
1386 2003-07-31 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1388 * getdate.texi (General date syntax): Add --rfc-2822 option to GNU date.
1389 * coreutils.texi (Options for date): Fix a typo in format:
1390 it's now %d not %_d. Add URLs.
1392 2003-07-31 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1394 * getdate.texi (Relative items in date strings): Warn about
1395 fuzz in relative units.
1397 2003-07-29 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1399 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Restore two end-of-sentence words
1400 that were mistakenly removed on 2002-09-13. Reported by Paul Worrall.
1402 2003-07-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1404 * coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Explain that a SIGUSR1 signal
1405 makes dd give a progress report to stderr.
1407 2003-07-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1409 * coreutils.texi: Document changes of 2003-07-24.
1411 2003-07-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1413 * coreutils.texi (su invocation): Use `@subsection', not invalid
1416 2003-07-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1418 * coreutils.texi (expr invocation): Exit status is 2 if the
1419 expression is syntactically invalid, 3 if there is some other error.
1420 This change is for conformance to POSIX.
1422 2003-07-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1424 * coreutils.texi (uname invocation): Explain the POSIX
1425 terminology behind uname -m and uname -s.
1427 2003-07-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1429 * coreutils.texi (chown invocation): Warn that chown
1430 now clears set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits on some systems.
1432 (nohup invocation): Tell what happens when stdout is not a terminal.
1433 Based on a suggestion from Steven Mocking.
1435 2003-07-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1437 * coreutils.texi (Standards conformance): Mention that uses like
1438 `tail -1' and `head -1', like `sort +1', are non conforming.
1439 (chown invocation): Say that using `.' as a separator may not work.
1441 2003-06-25 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1443 * coreutils.texi (Time directives) [%s]: Add a cross reference
1444 to the related examples.
1445 (Examples of date): Add an @anchor here, along with a few more examples.
1446 Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
1448 2003-06-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1450 * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Tweak wording: wc prints counts in
1451 the order `newline, word, byte'. Suggestion from Keith M. Briggs.
1452 Also change `lines' to `newlines'.
1454 2003-05-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1456 * coreutils.texi (head invocation): Document --bytes=-N and --lines=-N.
1458 2003-05-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1460 * coreutils.texi (uniq invocation, squeezing, The uniq command):
1461 Use "repeated" rather than "duplicate" to describe adjacent
1462 duplicates; this simplifies the description and makes it more
1463 consistent with POSIX.
1464 (uniq invocation): Make it clear that -d and -u suppress the
1465 output of lines, rather than cause some lines to be output.
1466 Mention what happens if a line lacks enough fields or characters.
1468 2003-05-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1470 * coreutils.texi (true invocation): Mention that it is possible to
1471 make true --help or true --version (in non-POSIX mode) exit nonzero.
1472 Suggestion from Paul Eggert.
1474 2003-05-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1476 * coreutils.texi (Exit status): Remove `uniq' from the list.
1477 It uses standard exit codes.
1478 (More details about version sort): Note that strverscmp, and hence
1479 `ls -v', does not use LC_COLLATE. Reported by From: Andrey Borzenkov.
1481 2003-04-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1483 Fix printf POSIX compatibility bug reported by Ben Harris in
1484 <http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2003-04/msg00070.html>.
1485 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): It's \NNN in the format,
1486 \0NNN in the %b operand.
1488 2003-04-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1490 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Check for uses of non-zero.
1491 I prefer to spell it `nonzero'.
1493 * coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Tweak description a little.
1495 2003-04-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1497 * Makefile.am (constants.texi): Rename target (thus enabling it),
1498 now that fileutils, textutils, and sh-utils have been merged.
1499 (MAINTAINERCLEANFILES): Define.
1501 2003-04-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1503 * coreutils.texi (false invocation): Note that false exits
1504 unsuccessfully even with --help and --version.
1506 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Don't fail if perl is missing.
1507 Reported by Nelson Beebe.
1509 2003-03-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1511 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Fix formatting bugs.
1513 (sort invocation): Describe sort's --stable (-s) option.
1515 2003-03-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1517 * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Mention that --exact
1518 is now the default for non-regular files.
1520 2003-03-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1522 * coreutils.texi (Exit status): New section.
1523 Suggestion from Michael Stone.
1525 2003-02-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1527 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Document --apparent-size.
1528 Adjust documentation of --bytes (-b).
1529 (stat invocation): Describe %B.
1531 2003-02-07 Richard Dawe <rich@phekda.freeserve.co.uk>
1533 * coreutils.texi: Use @command instead of @code for program names.
1535 * perm.texi (Mode Structure): Mention filesystem-specific
1536 permissions and that mounting a filesystem as read-only may
1537 override actual file permissions. Use @command instead
1538 of @code for program names.
1540 2003-02-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1542 * coreutils.texi: Adjust alignment and mention `file, text, shell'
1543 on the `* Coreutils:...' dirently line. From Karl Berry.
1545 2003-02-05 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1547 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Allow bare `POSIX' to be used on
1550 * coreutils.texi: Use new form of @direntry.
1551 Put unlink in its proper place. Adjust wording in some
1552 dir entry descriptions, mainly so they fit in 80 columns.
1553 Don't use mark-up like @acronym{POSIX} in direntries.
1554 Mostly from Karl Berry.
1556 2003-01-25 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1558 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Describe new functionality of
1559 --output-delimiter=STR.
1561 2003-01-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1563 * coreutils.texi (The cut command): Give an example of using cut -c
1564 with an output delimiter. From Jan Nieuwenhuizen.
1566 * coreutils.texi (The cut command): Extend the new example a little.
1567 (Formatting file timestamps): Fix typo: s/%M:S/%M:%S/.
1569 * coreutils.texi: Change each use of `Core-utils' to `Coreutils'.
1572 2003-01-19 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1574 * coreutils.texi (Which files are listed): Document new option:
1575 --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir.
1577 2003-01-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1579 Change ls -H back to the way it was yesterday, since this is
1580 compatible with FreeBSD and the POSIX spec is confusing
1581 and somewhat contradictory.
1583 * coreutils.texi (Which files are listed, General output
1584 formatting): Undo last change.
1586 2003-01-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1588 * coreutils.texi (General output formatting): Reflect option name change:
1589 s/--dereference-command-line/--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir/.
1590 Say that this option changes how ls treats only symlinks to directories
1591 specified on the command line.
1593 2002-08-27 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>
1595 * coreutils.texi: Document readlink.
1597 2002-12-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1599 * coreutils.texi (mknod invocation): Specify how major and minor mode
1600 numbers are interpreted. Report forwarded by Kristin E Thomas.
1602 2002-11-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1604 * coreutils.texi (Examples of expr): Remove bogus `^'s.
1605 Reported by Thomas Goerlich.
1607 2002-11-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1609 * coreutils.texi (What information is listed) [--dired]:
1610 Correct parts of --dired description. Reported by Andre Spiegel.
1611 Include a lot more description, with examples.
1613 2002-11-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1615 * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Fix typo in index:
1616 change \0x prefix to \x.
1617 Change \xhhh to \xhh.
1619 2002-10-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1621 Add support for locale-specific size indications (e.g.,
1622 thousands-separators) and for explicit size suffixes on output.
1624 * coreutils.texi (Block size): Say that:
1625 This affects display format as well as block size.
1626 Fractional block counts are rounded up.
1627 ls file size blocksize defaults to 1.
1628 A block size spec preceded by ' generates thousands separators.
1629 A suffix without a preceding integer generates suffixes.
1630 (tail invocation): 32k -> 32 KiB.
1631 (What information is listed): ls -h is now equivalent to
1632 ls --block-size=human, and ls -H is now equivalent to
1633 ls --block-size=si. Displayed file size is now always affected by
1636 2002-09-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1638 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): In --sleep-interval=NUMBER,
1639 NUMBER may now be a floating point number.
1640 (stat invocation): Remove references to now-removed %S and %C.
1641 (Time directives) [%S]: Explain why the range is [0..60].
1643 2002-08-30 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1645 * coreutils.texi [START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY]: Don't use sc{} on LHS.
1646 Fix typo: s/permission/permissions/. From Michail Litvak.
1648 2002-08-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1650 * coreutils.texi (uniq invocation): uniq now obeys LC_COLLATE.
1652 2002-07-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1654 * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): Change behavior to conform to
1656 - Do not adjust scheduling priority.
1657 - Redirects stderr to stdout, if stderr is not a terminal.
1658 - Exit status is now 126 if command was found but not invoked,
1659 127 if nohup failed or if command was not found.
1661 2002-07-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1663 * coreutils.texi (Time directives): Document %P, %R, %e, %F,
1666 2002-07-22 Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
1668 * coreutils.texi (Formatting the file names): Document
1669 that -N/--literal are equivalent to --quoting-style=literal.
1670 Reported by Oskar Liljeblad as Debian bug#103612.
1672 2002-07-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1674 * coreutils.texi (du invocation): s/PAT/PATTERN/.
1675 From Martin Michlmayr.
1677 2002-07-08 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1679 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Remove unnecessary "$@" in example;
1680 Texinfo would render the @" as an umlaut over the following character.
1682 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Check for the above.
1684 2002-07-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1686 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Remove description of --secure.
1688 2002-07-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1690 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Rename --link/-l
1691 to --dereference/-L. Rewrite description of --dereference.
1693 2002-06-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1695 * coreutils.texi (Putting the tools together): Don't mention egrep,
1696 since it's not part of POSIX 1003.1-2001.
1698 2002-06-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1700 * coreutils.texi (stat invocation): New section. From Michael Meskes.
1702 2002-05-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1704 * coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document new option: --author.
1706 2002-06-03 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1708 * coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Add the warning (also in the --help
1709 output) that the contents of a removed file are often recoverable.
1711 2002-05-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1713 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Adapt to reflect that now we use
1716 2002-05-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1718 * coreutils.texi: Use @acronym in place of most uses of @sc.
1719 * getdate.texi (Date input formats): Likewise.
1721 2002-04-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1723 * coreutils.texi: Change `@code{PROG}' to `@command{PROG}'.
1725 2002-04-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1727 * coreutils.texi (kill invocation): Document the above.
1728 Document POSIX signals better.
1730 2002-04-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1732 * coreutils.texi: Document kill.
1733 Written by Marcus Brinkmann.
1735 2002-04-13 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1737 * coreutils.texi: Document link and unlink.
1739 2002-04-08 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1741 * coreutils.texi: Use new directives, @copying and @insertcopying,
1742 thus now requiring texinfo-4.2 to create the .info file.
1744 2002-02-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1746 * coreutils.texi (File characteristic tests): Document the
1747 behavior of test -nt and -ot when one of the files does not exist,
1748 using the same behavior that is documented in ksh93.
1750 2002-03-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1752 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Say that selected input is
1753 written in the same order that it is read, and is written
1756 2002-03-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1758 Make cp -r equivalent to cp -R. Add a new cp option --copy-contents
1759 for people who want to emulate the traditional (and rarely desirable)
1762 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Document this.
1763 Fix some related minor bugs: --no-dereference is no longer
1764 equivalent to -d, and --archive (-a) can override the other
1765 symlink options. Warn that cp -R is not portable on symbolic
1766 links unless you also specify -P.
1768 2002-03-02 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1770 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Document that cp -r
1771 preserves symlinks. Emphasize non-portability of cp -r.
1773 2002-02-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1775 * coreutils.texi (Time directives): Add %N for nanoseconds.
1776 This documents the recent change to 'ls'.
1778 2002-02-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1780 * coreutils.texi (pr invocation): Reword to avoid using `:'
1781 in an @opindex entry -- info doesn't permit it.
1783 2002-02-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1785 * coreutils.texi (Formatting file timestamps): Document new
1786 time-formatting method: --time-style=+FORMAT.
1788 2002-02-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1790 * coreutils.texi (seq invocation): In the example, use "tail
1791 -n 3", not "tail -3", to conform to POSIX 1003.1-2001.
1793 2002-02-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1795 * coreutils.texi (tsort background): New section.
1796 From Ian Lance Taylor.
1797 (tsort invocation): Add a more realistic example.
1799 2002-02-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1801 * coreutils.texi: Document _POSIX2_VERSION.
1802 (Standards Conformance): New section.
1804 2002-01-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1806 * coreutils.texi (START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY): Remove a few entries
1807 and clean up a few others based on suggestions from Bob Proulx.
1809 2002-02-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1811 Add support for POSIX 1003.1-2001, which requires removal for
1812 support of obsolete "+" option syntax in sort, tail, and uniq.
1813 * coreutils.texi: Document this. (Also, document a similar
1814 change to "touch", for fileutils).
1816 2002-01-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1818 * coreutils.texi (shred invocation): List some journaled filesystems.
1820 2001-11-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1822 * coreutils.texi (Date directives): Document %u.
1824 2001-11-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1826 * coreutils.texi (paste invocation): Give examples.
1827 Thanks to Dan Jacobson for suggesting the examples.
1829 2001-11-05 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1831 * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Recommend setting LC_ALL=C,
1832 not LC_COLLATE=C. Explain how the latter can cause problems.
1833 Based on a message from Paul Eggert.
1834 (ls invocation): Recommend setting LC_ALL=C, not LC_COLLATE=C.
1836 2001-10-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1838 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Describe --reply=...
1840 2001-10-17 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1842 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): `cp --no-dereference' is
1843 no longer equivalent to `cp -d'.
1844 `cp -d' is equivalent to `--no-dereference --preserve=links'.
1845 cp's -P option means --no-dereference, not --parents.
1846 Describe new optional argument to --preserve.
1847 Describe new option: --no-preserve=ATTRIBUTE_LIST.
1849 2001-09-23 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1851 * Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Redirect stderr of `grep -w' to
1852 /dev/null, so people with old versions of grep don't see the failure.
1854 2001-09-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1856 * coreutils.texi (mv invocation): Describe new option:
1857 --reply={yes,no,query}. Fix a few typos.
1859 2001-09-15 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1861 * coreutils.texi (uniq invocation): The input need not
1862 be sorted. Try to clarify -d versus -D versus -u.
1864 2001-09-12 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1866 * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Document new option: -F.
1869 2001-09-04 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1871 * coreutils.texi (join invocation): Describe the GNU
1872 extension to join, which does not require sorted input when
1873 the input contains no unpairable lines.
1875 2001-09-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1878 New 'uname' options -i or --hardware-platform,
1879 and -o or --operating-system.
1880 'uname -a' now outputs -i and -o information at the end.
1881 New uname option --kernel-version is an alias for -v.
1882 Uname option --release has been renamed to --kernel-release,
1883 and --sysname has been renamed to --kernel-name;
1884 the old options will work for a while, but are no longer documented.
1886 2001-08-24 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
1888 * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Document how cut treats lines
1891 2001-06-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1893 * coreutils.texi: expr now uses LC_COLLATE for string comparison,
1896 2001-08-25 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1898 * coreutils.texi: Use @option, rather than @samp everywhere.
1900 2001-06-21 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
1902 * coreutils.texi: 'expr' now requires '+' rather than 'quote'
1905 2001-07-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1907 * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Reflect 2001-07-08 change to
1910 2001-06-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1912 * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): Reflect renaming: s/omni-/core/.
1913 * coreutils.texi: Likewise.
1915 * coreutils.texi: New, renamed from omni-utils.texi.
1916 * omni-utils.texi: Removed, renamed to coreutils.texi.
1918 * omni-utils.texi (ls invocation): Mention the effect of locale.
1919 Reported by Keith Thompson.
1921 2001-05-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1923 * texinfo.tex: Update from master source.
1925 * omni-utils.texi (ls invocation): Document more clearly what ls
1926 does when given no arguments.
1928 2001-05-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
1930 * textutils.texi: Remove file.
1932 * Makefile.am ($(DVIS), $(INFO_DEPS)): Depend on $(EXTRA_DIST).
1933 (DISABLED_constants.texi): New rule -- disabled for now.
1935 This directory is now shared by fileutils, textutils, and sh-utils.
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