* doc/coreutils.texi (touch invocation, Time conversion specifiers)
(Options for date, Examples of date): Index "leap seconds" and
improve their documentation a bit.
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Make the backup script exit
with an accurate reflection of any failure.
Also, add --preserve=all.
Improved-by: Bernhard Voelker
Accept -g for BSD/Plan9 compatibility.
* NEWS (New features): Mention it.
* tests/fmt/goal-option: New test.
* tests/fmt/long-line: Rename from tests/fmt-long-line.
* tests/fmt/base: Rename from tests/misc/fmt.
* doc/coreutils.texi: Document it.
* src/fmt.c (main): Accept the new option
(check_for_goals): new function to implement the operands
Based on BSD's and Plan-9's fmt programs.
* src/copy.c (copy_reg): Don't truncate an existing file,
to support copying attributes between existing files.
The original use case only considered creating new files,
and it would be a very unusual use case to be relying
on the truncating behavior.
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Mention the non
truncating behavior.
* tests/cp/attr-existing: A new test to ensure O_TRUNC skipped.
* tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test.
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
* doc/coreutils.texi (dircolors invocation, Examples of expr):
(shred invocation, seq invocation): Use $(...), not `...`.
* src/mv.c (do_move): Likewise, in a comment.
With the "--relative --symbolic" options, ln computes the relative
symbolic link for the user.
So, ln works just as cp, but creates relative symbolic links instead
of copying the file.
I miss this feature since the beginning of using ln.
$ tree ./
/
`-- usr
|-- bin
`-- lib
`-- foo
`-- foo
4 directories, 1 file
$ ln -s -v --relative usr/lib/foo/foo usr/bin/foo
‘usr/bin/foo’ -> ‘../lib/foo/foo’
$ tree ./
/
`-- usr
|-- bin
| `-- foo -> ../lib/foo/foo
`-- lib
`-- foo
`-- foo
4 directories, 2 files
$ ln -s -v --relative usr/bin/foo usr/lib/foo/link-to-foo
‘usr/lib/foo/link-to-foo’ -> ‘foo’
$ tree ./
/
`-- usr
|-- bin
| `-- foo -> ../lib/foo/foo
`-- lib
`-- foo
|-- link-to-foo -> foo
`-- foo
4 directories, 3 files
* src/Makefile.am: Reference the relpath module.
* src/ln.c (usage): Mention the new option.
(do_link): Call the relative conversion if specified.
(convert_abs_rel): Perform the relative conversion
using the relpath module.
* tests/ln/relative: Add a new test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test.
* doc/coreutils.texi: Document the new feature.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
For compatibility with MacOS relpath(1), as seen here:
http://opensource.apple.com/source/bootstrap_cmds/\
bootstrap_cmds-79/relpath.tproj/relpath.c
we implemented 'realpath --relative-base=dir1 --relative-to=dir2 file'
in the same way as 'relpath -d dir1 dir2 file'. This can result
in --relative-base rendering --relative-to as a no-op if dir1 is a
child of dir2. Document this.
* doc/coreutils.texi (realpath invocation): Mention restriction.
Most of the time, if someone wants to filter which paths are
relative while leaving all others absolute, they also want to
to the filtering based on the same --relative-to directory.
Make this easier to specify.
* src/realpath.c (main): Convert error to default.
* doc/coreutils.texi (realpath invocation): Document this.
* tests/misc/realpath: Adjust test to match.
* NEWS: Document it.
* src/dirname.c (main): Handle new -z option and manage more than one
argument.
* doc/coreutils.texi (dirname invocation): Mention it.
* NEWS (New features): Mention it.
* tests/misc/dirname: Add a two arguments test.
* src/split.c (next_file_name): If `suffix_auto' is true and the first
suffix character is 'z', generate a new file file name adding `z' to
the prefix and increasing the suffix length by one.
(set_suffix_length): Disable auto suffix width in various cases.
* tests/split/suffix-auto-length: Test it.
* doc/coreutils.texi (split invocation): Mention it.
* NEWS (Improvements): Likewise.
* NEWS: Document this.
* doc/perm.texi (Operator Numeric Modes): New section.
(Numeric Modes, Directory Setuid and Setgid): Document new behavior.
* src/chmod.c (usage): Document new behavior.
(main): Support new options -0, -1, etc.
* tests/chmod/setgid: Test these new features.
* src/basename.c (perform_basename): New function refactored from
main() that performs the basename work on a STRING, optionally
removes a trailing SUFFIX and outputs the result.
(main): Handle new options.
* doc/coreutils.texi (basename invocation): Mention new options.
* test/misc/basename: Add new options test cases.
* NEWS (New features): Mention it.
* src/timeout.c (usage): Document the exit status for this case,
in --help and thus in the man page. Word so that it covers
both the -s9 and -k options.
* doc/coreutils.texi (timeout invocation): Document the exit
status for this case.
Notes:
Small seeks are not coalesced to larger ones,
like is done in cache_round() for example.
conv= is used rather then oflag= for FreeBSD compatibility.
* src/dd.c (final_op_was_seek): A new global boolean to flag
whether the final "write" was converted to a seek.
(usage): Describe the new conf=sparse option.
(iwrite): Convert a write of a NUL block to a seek if requested.
(do_copy): Initialize the output buffer to have a sentinel,
to allow for efficient testing for NUL output blocks.
If the last block in the file was converted to a seek,
then convert back to a write so the size is updated.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* tests/dd/sparse: A new test for the feature.
* tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test.
Add the --additional-suffix option, to append an
additional static suffix to output file names.
* src/split.c (next_file_name): Append suffix to output file names.
(main): Handle new --additional-suffix option.
* NEWS (New features): Mention it.
* doc/coreutils.texi (split invocation): Mention it.
* tests/split/additional-suffix: New file. Test --additional-suffix.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
Requested by Peng Yu, in bug 6554
Allow changing the --numeric-suffixes start number
from the default of 0.
* src/split.c (next_file_name): Initialize the suffix index
and the output filename according to start value.
(main): Check that the suffix length is large enough for the
numerical suffix start value.
* doc/coreutils.texi (split invocation): Mention it.
* NEWS (New features): Mention it.
* tests/split/numeric: New file. Test --numeric-suffixes[=FROM].
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Reference the new test.
* doc/coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Mention that the -f option also
silences the message for missing operands, which is useful in scripts
e.g., for "rm -f $file_list" when $file_list is empty.
* src/rm.c (usage): Likewise.
Reported by Jérémy Magrin in http://bugs.gnu.org/10819
dd now accepts the count_bytes and skip_bytes input flag and the
seek_bytes output flag, to more easily allow processing portions of a
file.
* src/dd.c (scanargs): Compute skip_records and skip_bytes when
'skip_bytes' iflag is used. Compute max_records and max_bytes when
'count_bytes' iflag is used. Compute seek_records and seek_bytes
when 'seek_bytes' oflag is used.
(skip_via_lseek): Use new 'bytes' parameter and handle potential
'records' equals to zero. Update the bytes parameter when called with
'fdesc' equal to STDOUT_FILENO. Update the header comments.
(dd_copy): Skip accordingly to skip_records AND skip_bytes. Count
accordingly to max_records AND max_bytes. Seek on output accordingly
to seek_records AND seek_bytes.
* NEWS (New features): Mention it.
* doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Detail new flags and behaviors.
* tests/dd/bytes: New file. Tests for these new flags.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
* 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.
* src/stat.c (usage): Indicate this is a transfer size
suggestion, rather than some persistent block size.
* doc/coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Likewise.
* doc/coreutils.texi (Opening the software toolbox): Remove commas
from @uref argument, so the alternate text renders properly in info.
Reported by Reuben Thomas.
This program is compatible with other realpath(1)
implementations, and also incorporates relpath like support,
through the --relative options. The relpath support
was suggested by Peng Yu, who also provided an initial
implemenation of that functionality.
* AUTHORS: Add my name.
* NEWS: Mention the new command.
* README: Likewise.
* doc/coreutils.texi (realpath invocation): Add realpath info.
* man/Makefile.am (realpath.1): Add dependency.
* man/realpath.x: New template.
* man/.gitignore: Ignore generated man page.
* po/POTFILES.in: Add src/realpath.c.
* src/.gitignore: Exclude realpath.
* src/Makefile.am (EXTRA_PROGRAMS): Add realpath.
* src/realpath.c: New file.
* scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg: Add realpath to the list of prefixes.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add misc/realpath.
* tests/misc/realpath: New file.
* doc/coreutils.texi (factor invocation): Adjust example to use $(...)
consistently, not a mix of `...` and $(...). Separate the computation
of the product and the actual factorization, so the timing of the
latter doesn't include the cost of the former.
I didn't check how long these were documented as GNU extensions,
nor when they were added by POSIX; but since they are all part
of POSIX 2008, we no longer need call them out as extensions.
The next version of POSIX will standardize %s:
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=169
but as that is not out yet, I didn't change %s.
* doc/coreutils.texi (Time conversion specifiers): %R and %z are
now POSIX.
(Date conversion specifiers): Likewise for %F, %g, %G.
* doc/coreutils.texi (Block size): IEC 60027-2 has been superseded
by ISO/IEC 80000-13, so prefer the newer standard but also mention
the old. The new standard specifies Zi and Yi, so they are no
longer GNU extensions. Fix stale URL to BIPM.
2011-11-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
id: handle (uid_t) -1 more portably
* src/id.c (GETID_MAY_FAIL): Remove.
(main): Check for negative return values, not for -1.
The old code was incorrect if uid_t was narrower than int,
regardless of whether we were on a GNU or a POSIX platform.
The new code is simpler and doesn't need GETID_MAY_FAIL.
(print_full_info): Remove unnecessary cast to -1.
This fixes an incompatibility with POSIX 2008 and with BSD.
Problem reported by Abdallah Clark (Bug#9939)
via Alan Curry (Bug#10016).
* NEWS: Document this.
* doc/coreutils.texi (General output formatting): Document the
new -k behavior, and --kibibytes.
* src/ls.c (file_human_output_opts): New static var.
(long_options, usage): Add --kibibytes.
(decode_switches, gobble_file, print_long_format):
Implement the new -k behavior.
* tests/ls/block-size: New file.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
* doc/coreutils.texi (Setting the time): Reorganize slightly
and mention that the hardware clock might need to be explicitly
updated by the user as is the case on Fedora 16 currently.
See http://bugzilla.redhat.com/749516
We deprecated and undocumented the --iso-8601 (-I) option mostly
because date could not parse that particular format. Now that
it can, it's time to restore the documentation.
* src/date.c (usage): Document it.
* doc/coreutils.texi (Options for date): Reinstate documentation.
Reported by Hubert Depesz Lubaczewski in http://bugs.gnu.org/7444.
* src/timeout.c (settimeout): A new function to convert
from a floating point duration and call alarm() or
timer_settime() if that's available.
(parse_duration): Return a double rather than unsigned int.
(usage): Mention floating point is supported.
(main): Pass the double to settimeout() rather than
calling alarm() directly with the parsed int.
(cleanup): Likewise.
* doc/coreutils.texi (timeout invocation): Say floating point timeouts
now supported, and mention the caveat with resolution.
* bootstrap.conf: Include the timer-time gnulib module.
* tests/misc/timeout-parameters: Add a test with nanoseconds.
* NEWS: Mention the improvement.
Or more accurately, commands not started from the shell prompt,
that are interactive, or need to receive Ctrl-C etc. from the terminal.
* doc/coreutils.texi (timeout invocation): Document --foreground.
* src/timeout.c (main): Set the foreground flag and don't create
a separate group.
(cleanup): Only send a signal directly to the monitored command
when the foreground flag is set.
(usage): Describe --foreground.
* tests/misc/timeout-group: Add a new test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Reference new test.
NEWS: Mention the new option.
Reported by Shay Shimony
Analysis by Alan Curry
Fix suggested by Paul Eggert
