coreutils/doc/coreutils.texi, branch v7.5Mirror of https://https.git.savannah.gnu.org/git/coreutils.git/
https://git.shady.money/coreutils/atom?h=v7.52009-08-18T16:40:41Znl: deprecate --page-increment in favor of --line-increment2009-08-18T16:40:41ZGiuseppe Scrivanogscrivano@gnu.org2009-08-18T10:22:37Zurn:sha1:718b2790c0e4d1dee5603b46d06bd886c6a359a1
* NEWS: Mention the change.
* doc/coreutils.texi: Document the new --line-increment option.
* src/nl.c (struct option): Add --line-increment,
(usage): Describe it,
(main): Use it.
cp: accept the --reflink option2009-08-07T15:14:22ZGiuseppe Scrivanogscrivano@gnu.org2009-08-01T17:36:48Zurn:sha1:a1d7469835371ded0ad8e3496bc5a5bebf94ccef
* NEWS: Mention it.
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Describe it.
* src/copy.h (struct cp_options) [reflink]: New member.
* src/copy.c (usage): Describe it.
(copy_reg): If reflink is true try to clone the file.
(main): Check for --reflink.
(cp_option_init): Initialize the new member.
* src/install.c (cp_option_init): Initialize the new member.
* src/mv.c (cp_option_init): Likewise.
* tests/cp/sparse: Add a new test case.
dd: work around buffer length restrictions with oflag=direct (O_DIRECT)2009-08-06T07:41:50ZJim Meyeringmeyering@redhat.com2009-08-04T17:54:58Zurn:sha1:5929322ccb1f9d27c1b07b746d37419d17a7cbf6
dd oflag=direct would fail to copy a file with size that is
not a multiple of 512 (destination file system specific)
* NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
* src/dd.c (iwrite): Turn off O_DIRECT for any
smaller-than-obs-sized write. Don't bother to restore it.
* tests/dd/direct: New test for the above.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add dd/direct.
* doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Mention oflag=direct
buffer size restriction.
Details in http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/17586
Reported by Eric Sandeen.
doc: fix the generated HTML index2009-07-28T22:21:43ZPádraig BradyP@draigBrady.com2009-07-27T01:24:03Zurn:sha1:8aeda9b930b2b03fdd35715813f038c07bc7b429
* doc/coreutils.texi: Move the "SELinux context" section
down below the "System context" nodes so that the HTML
index is generated correctly. Also some extraneous and missing
'.' characters were corrected in the index.
Reported by Benno Schulenberg.
doc: add a sort by line length example2009-07-27T00:34:35ZPádraig BradyP@draigBrady.com2009-07-24T23:46:12Zurn:sha1:2f4188ebec8a5cd833dc8061b714145a58dc86aa
* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Add an example showing how
to sort data not directly supported by the sort command.
doc: mention realpath in the readlink info2009-07-26T23:53:04ZPádraig BradyP@draigBrady.com2009-07-24T17:17:24Zurn:sha1:0bf77fc8ec08b766f44fba9f5958b06c1ef9ad74
* doc/coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Add realpath to the index,
and also mention it in the readlink description so people
searching for that functionality can easily make the connection.
doc: improve readlink description here, too2009-07-24T08:25:23ZKamil Dudkakdudka@redhat.com2009-07-24T08:25:23Zurn:sha1:9f9e2d81d1cbb7a4d2761cde3265d399f7c274d5
* doc/coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Update menus.
Add @cindex entries.
doc: update the info on sort -b and -k2009-07-03T15:49:04ZPádraig BradyP@draigBrady.com2009-07-01T14:07:19Zurn:sha1:962878499cf09453fd08bbf57fbecd75994971d4
* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Mention in the description
of -b, that the locale can also affect whether blanks are significant.
Update the list of ordering options for a --key that cause it
to not inherit any global ordering options.
Update the list of ordering options that implicitly skip whitespace.
doc: fix a typo2009-06-17T14:17:19ZJim Meyeringmeyering@redhat.com2009-06-17T14:17:19Zurn:sha1:25a18dafb86a6c4381b0af857401b75dbd5f3fb6
* doc/coreutils.texi (stdbuf invocation): Insert missing "to".
stdbuf: A new program to run a command with modified stdio buffering2009-06-17T13:54:29ZPádraig BradyP@draigBrady.com2008-12-17T11:30:03Zurn:sha1:a5a2a406f8d65f0e852d9ed7fbfb630c6b81dd7f
* AUTHORS: Register as the author.
* NEWS: Mention this change.
* README: Add stdbuf command to list.
* configure.ac: Only enable on ELF systems with GCC.
* cfg.mk (sc_system_h_headers): Use VC_LIST_EXCEPT rather than
VC_LIST, so we can add an exception, if needed.
* .x-sc_system_h_headers: New file. Exempt libstdbuf.c.
* Makefile.am (syntax_check_exceptions): Add .x-sc_system_h_headers.
* doc/coreutils.texi (stdbuf invocation): Add stdbuf info.
* man/.gitignore: Ignore generated manpage.
* src/.gitignore: Ignore stdbuf and libstdbuf.so binaries.
* man/Makefile.am (stdbuf.1): Add dependency.
* man/stdbuf.x: New file with example usage.
* po/POTFILES.in: Reference new command and shared library sources.
* src/Makefile.am (build_if_possible__progs): Add stdbuf and libstdbuf,
(pkglib_PROGRAMS): Reference optional shared lib,
(libstdbuf_so_LDADD): Ensure we don't link with non PIC libcoreutils.a.
(libstdbuf_so_LDFLAGS): Add -shared GCC option,
(libstdbuf_so_CFLAGS): Add -fPIC GCC option.
(check-README): Exclude libstbuf.
(check-AUTHORS): ditto.
(sc_tight_scope): Exclude functions starting with __.
* src/libstdbuf.c: The LD_PRELOAD shared library to control buffering.
* src/stdbuf.c: New file to setup env variables before execing command.
* tests/Makefile.am: Reference new test file.
* tests/misc/help-version: Set expected exit codes.
* tests/misc/invalid-opt: ditto.
* tests/misc/stdbuf: Add 9 tests.