coreutils/src/od.c, branch v8.22

doc: use semicolon instead of period in option descriptions

2013-08-01T13:36:36Z

Also do not end option descriptions with a period, properly indent continuation lines, and make some tiny clarifications. * src/du.c (usage): Lowercase after semicolon. * src/ls.c (usage): Semicolons instead of periods, small rephrasing and two hyphens for clarity, proper indentation. * src/mktemp.c (usage): Semicolons and lowercase. * src/od.c (usage): Semicolons. * src/ptx.c (usage): Use the standard phrase, clarify default option. * src/setuidgid.c (usage): Properly indent continuation line. * src/split.c (usage): Semicolons, lowercase, no final period. * src/stat.c (usage): Semicolons, lowercase. * src/tail.c (usage): Proper indentation, one shorter rephrasing, semicolons, no final periods. * src/timeout.c (usage): Properly indent, semicolons, no final periods. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/14976

od: -wN, N>64K, avoid misbehavior on systems with 32-bit size_t

2013-06-02T16:25:38Z

* src/od.c (PRINT_FIELDS): Declare "i" to be of type uintmax_t, so that the numerator in the expression for "next_pad" does not overflow. (print_named_ascii): Likewise. (print_ascii): Likewise. Bug introduced via commit v6.12-42-g20c0b87. * tests/misc/od.pl: Exercise each of the three affected code paths. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. Reported by Rich Burridge.

doc: clarify the printable characters output by od

2013-03-22T16:18:45Z

* src/od.c (usage): Mention any printable character is output, Not just ASCII. * doc/coreutils.texi (od invocation): Further clarify that only single byte characters are output (due to the alignment requirement). Also mention the fact that 3 digit octal sequences are output for non printable characters without a corresponding C escape. Reported in http://bugs.gnu.org/13947

maint: cleanup up various uses of attribute

2013-02-20T04:04:25Z

* src/cfg.mk (sc_prohibit-gl-attributes): Disallow the __attribute() form without trailing underscores as that is not elided where required. Also ensure we use gnulib macros rather than defining our own. * src/system.h: Remove gnulib provided macros. * src/chown-core.c: Likewise. * src/chroot.c: Likewise. * src/copy.c: Likewise. * src/csplit.c: Likewise. * src/dd.c: Likewise. * src/expr.c: Likewise. * src/extent-scan.c: Likewise. * src/factor.c: Likewise. * src/ls.c: Likewise. * src/od.c: Likewise. * src/paste.c: Likewise. * src/ptx.c: Likewise. * src/sort.c: Likewise. * src/stat.c: Likewise. * src/stty.c: Likewise. * src/system.h: Likewise. * src/tac.c: Likewise. * src/test.c: Likewise. * src/tsort.c: Likewise.

maint: define usage note about mandatory args centrally

2013-01-23T00:03:38Z

Each program with at least one long option which is marked as 'required_argument' and which has also a short option for that option, should print a note about mandatory arguments. Define that well-known note centrally and use it rather than literal printf/fputs, and add it where it was missing. * src/system.h (emit_mandatory_arg_note): Add new function. * src/cp.c (usage): Use it rather than literal printf/fputs. * src/csplit.c, src/cut.c, src/date.c, src/df.c, src/du.c: * src/expand.c, src/fmt.c, src/fold.c, src/head.c, src/install.c: * src/kill.c, src/ln.c, src/ls.c, src/mkdir.c, src/mkfifo.c: * src/mknod.c, src/mv.c, src/nl.c, src/od.c, src/paste.c: * src/pr.c, src/ptx.c, src/shred.c, src/shuf.c, src/sort.c: * src/split.c, src/stdbuf.c, src/tac.c, src/tail.c, src/timeout.c: * src/touch.c, src/truncate.c, src/unexpand.c, src/uniq.c: Likewise. * src/base64.c (usage): Add call of the above new function because at least one long option has a required argument. * src/basename.c, src/chcon.c, src/date.c, src/env.c: * src/nice.c, src/runcon.c, src/seq.c, src/stat.c, src/stty.c: Likewise.

maint: update all copyright year number ranges

2013-01-01T03:51:20Z

Run "make update-copyright", but then also run this, perl -pi -e 's/2\d\d\d-//' tests/sample-test to make that one script use the single most recent year number.

doc: improve od --help and man page

2012-12-27T13:42:07Z

* src/od.c: Redorder the information output by --help to ease interpretation and so that appropriate sections are generated by help2man. * doc/coreutils.texi (od invocation): Fix an incorrect reference to @var{n}, which should be @var{bytes}. * man/od.x: Add an "Examples" section, and move the default od format to there, and add a commonly required format to generate hexdumps. Reported by Akim Demaille in http://bugs.gnu.org/13280.

maint: handle file sizes more reliably

2012-05-10T09:02:42Z

Problem reported by Samuel Thibault in . * NEWS: Document this. * src/dd.c (skip): Handle skipping past EOF on shared or typed memory objects the same way as with regular files. (dd_copy): It's OK to truncate shared memory objects. * src/du.c (duinfo_add): Check for overflow. (print_only_size): Report overflow. (process_file): Ignore negative file sizes in the --apparent-size case. * src/od.c (skip): Fix comment about st_size. * src/split.c (main): * src/truncate.c (do_ftruncate, main): On files where st_size is not portable, fall back on using lseek with SEEK_END to determine the size. Although strictly speaking POSIX says the behavior is implementation-defined, in practice if lseek returns a nonnegative value it's a reasonable one to use for the file size. * src/system.h (usable_st_size): Symlinks have reliable st_size too. * tests/misc/truncate-dir-fail: Don't assume that getting the size of a dir is not allowed, as it's now allowed on many platforms, e.g., GNU/Linux.

doc: clarify --help output for some optional arguments

2012-01-31T12:53:45Z

* src/pr.c (usage): Fix the -S description to indicate that the argument is optional for the short option. * doc/coreutils.texi (pr invocation): Likewise. * src/od.c (usage): Fix the -S description to indicate that the argument is required for the short option. Clarify -w takes an argument and that it is optional.

maint: use single copyright year range

2012-01-27T10:35:24Z