* doc/coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Reference the description.
* src/cut.c: Parameterize '\n' references.
* tests/misc/cut.pl: Add tests for character and field processing.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
* doc/coreutils.texi (newlineFieldSeparator): A new description,
referenced from ({join,sort,uniq} invocation).
* src/system.h (field_sep): A new inline function to determine
if a character is a field separator.
* src/join.c (usage): s/whitespace/blank/ to be more accurate
wrt which characters are field separators.
(xfields): s/isblank/field_sep/.
* src/sort.c (inittables): Likewise.
* src/uniq.c (find_field): Likewise.
* tests/misc/join.pl: Adjust -z test, and add a test/example
for processing the whole record with field processing.
* tests/misc/sort.pl: Add -z test cases, including case with '\n'.
* tests/misc/uniq.pl: Add -z -f test case with \n.
This is used to discard terminal output on FreeBSD based systems.
* src/stty.c (mode_info): Add FLUSHO where supported.
(usage): Document for "local" and "combination" settings.
* doc/coreutils.texi (local stty settings): Document,
mentioning that this option is supported but ignored on GNU/Linux.
Instead of commit v8.24-132-g5171bef which only provides
control to disable this behavior (with -I), provide
the symmetrical "[-]drain" special setting.
* src/stty.c (main): Parse the [-]drain setting instead of -I,
and treat like a global option.
(usage): Adjust accordingly.
* tests/misc/stty.sh: Test "drain" with and without options.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
In some cases an initial drain may block indefinitely as discussed at:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2016-01/msg00007.html
* src/stty.c (main): Use TCSANOW rather than TCSADRAIN if -I specified.
(usage): Document the new option.
* doc/coreutils.texi (stty invocation): Likewise.
* tests/misc/stty.sh: Ensure -I is supported.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* doc/coreutils.texi (coreutils): Remove this direntry
so that `info coreutils` will display the table of contents,
rather than the unlikely intended coreutils Multi-call invocation.
This also supports lookups like `info coreutils readlink`,
but note that only works with the standard info viewer,
and not with pinfo for example.
* src/install.c (usage): Mention this commonly required functionality
in the -D option description.
* doc/coreutils.texi (install invocation): Likewise for the
--target-directory description.
Run "make update-copyright" and then...
* gnulib: Update to latest with copyright year adjusted.
* tests/init.sh: Sync with gnulib to pick up copyright year.
* bootstrap: Likewise.
* tests/sample-test: Adjust to use the single most recent year.
Problem reported by Linda Walsh in: http://bugs.gnu.org/17505
* NEWS: Document this.
* doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Use a simpler script.
Adjust output example to match new behavior.
* src/dd.c (human_size): Remove.
All uses changed to use human_readable and ...
(human_opts): ... this new constant.
(abbreviation_lacks_prefix): New function.
(print_xfer_stats): Use it. Output both --si and --human-readable
summaries, but only if they have prefixes.
* tests/dd/reblock.sh, tests/dd/stats.sh: Test new behavior.
* doc/coreutils.texi (Connectives for test): Add notes
on precedence and associativity. Also mention the
portability caveats with these operators.
* cfg.mk: Avoid sc_prohibit_test_minus_ao for coreutils.texi.
Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/22216
The character 'K' representing numeric user input can be confusing,
especially in the context where it can be suffixed by the multipliers
K, M, G, etc.
Use NUM instead.
* doc/coreutils.texi (head invocation): Replace @var{k} by @var{num}.
Also change @var{count} in the paragraph about the obsolete option
syntax.
(tail invocation): Likewise. Furthermore, adjust the option order to
alphabetical sorting.
* src/head.c (usage): s/K/NUM/ in as placeholder in the -c and -n
options. Furthermore, print the actual DEFAULT_NUMBER instead of the
hard-coded 10.
* src/tail.c (usage): s/K/NUM/ in as placeholder in the -c and -n
options. Add "[+]" to clarify that NUM may optionally be preceded by
this sign. Remove the redundant explanation of the optional '+' prefix
for NUM, as that is now clear from the option description above.
Suggested by Dan Jacobson in http://bugs.gnu.org/22042
* doc/local.mk (constants.texi): Avoid calling makeinfo unless
the constants derived from tail and shred have changed.
This avoids a dependence on makeinfo from patched sources,
and avoids an expensive makeinfo call for developers.
* doc/coreutils.texi (uniq invocation): Fix the description of
problematic input to say "blank lines" rather than "two or more
blank lines".
(tr invocation): Clarify that -s only works with SET1 when
not translating (when SET2 not specified). Also explicitly
state in examples where blank lines are deleted.
Also add "deleting" to the menu item.
* src/tr.c (usage): Improve the -s summary to say it always
operates on the last specified SET.
* doc/coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Provide an example using awk
to convert tail ==> file <== headers to file: prefixes on each line.
Suggested by Stephen Shirley.
* doc/coreutils.texi (md5sum invocation): Document the new option.
* src/md5sum.c (digest_file): Return an empty digest to indicate
a missing file.
(digest_check): Don't fail or output status given an empty checksum.
(usage): Document the new option.
(main): Process and validate the new option.
* tests/misc/md5sum.pl: Add new test cases.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/15604
This can be useful if you want to further process data
from process substitutions. For example:
datagen | tee >(md5sum --tag) > >(sha256sum --tag) | sort
* doc/coreutils.texi (tee invocation): Mention that -p is
useful with pipes that may not consume all data.
Add an example, similar to the one above.
* THANKS.in: Add Jirka Hladky.
* src/ls.c (decode_switches): Set "shell-escape" if isatty().
* doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Update the defaults description.
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior. It should not have
backwards compat issues, but mentioning here just in case.
* src/printf.c (usage): Mention the new format.
(print_formatted): Handle the quoting by calling
out to the quotearg module with "shell-escape" mode.
* doc/coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Document %q.
* tests/misc/printf-quote.sh: New test.
* tests/local.mk: Reference new test.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Describe the new
'shell-escape' and 'shell-escape-always' quoting options.
* src/ls.c (usage): Mention the new quoting options.
* tests/misc/ls-misc.pl: Add a test for 'shell-escape'
* doc/coreutils.texi: (tail invocation): Add missing -s,
along with the existing --sleep-interval description.
(csplit invocation): s/--suffix/--suffix-format/.
(head invocation): Use same variable (COUNT) for -n and --head-count.
(seq invocation): Add opindex items for all options.
(ptx invocation): Likewise.
Fix typo s/--flac-truncation/--flag-truncation/.
(touch invocation): State explicitly that -d takes a parameter,
which also indicates that an '=' is not to be used
for the short option syntax.
(ls invocation): Likewise for the -w option.
Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/21809
* doc/coreutils.texi (du invocation): Remove 'like' from
mentions of ISO-8601 as the components are individually conformant.
(ls invocation): Likewise, except for --time-style=iso for recent
files, where the MM-DD component is not a valid ISO-8601 timestamp.
* src/date.c (main): Use %:z rather than %z with --iso-8601
as the standard states to consistently use extended format.
Note either format can be parsed by date.
* tests/misc/date.pl: Adjust accordingly.
* doc/coreutils.texi (du invocation): Clarify that "iso"
time styles are only similar to ISO-8601.
(ls invocation): Likewise.
(date invocation): Adjust the comment stating
that only --rfc-3339 output can be parsed by date(1).
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
Reported at http://bugs.debian.org/799479
* src/ls.c (print_with_separator): Renamed from print_with_commas,
and parameterized to accept the separator to print.
Also fix an edge case where '\n' not printed when
the POS variable overflows SIZE_MAX.
(print_current_files): Degenerate -x and -C to using the
cheaper print_with_separator() in the -w0 case.
* doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Document the new feature.
* tests/ls/w-option.sh: A new test.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* NEWS: Mention the improvement.
Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/21325
It was a little confusing as to whether the SQUFOF algorithm was
enabled, and in fact there were no options available to enable it.
Therefore clarify the 3 configurable behaviors for the code to
3 defines at the top of the program, and only include the SQUFOF
code if enabled at compile time.
$ size src/factor-before
text data bss
93997 1412 2504
$ size src/factor-after
text data bss
87885 1404 2504
* src/factor.c: Only include the SQUFOF factor code
when enabled via the USE_SQUFOF define.
* doc/coreutils.texi (factor invocation): Update note about
factor limits, as we can factor 128 bit numbers without GMP.
sha512sum can be faster than sha256sum.
E.g., ‘dd if=/dev/zero bs=1024k count=1024 | time sha256sum’
reports 8.16 user CPU seconds on my host, whereas sha512sum
consumes 5.45 seconds (Fedora x86-64 on an AMD Phenom II X4 910e).
Although sha512sum is still considerably slower on x86, a good
chunk of uses are on 64-bit hosts and anyway there’s little point
to scaring people away from sha512sum nowadays.
* doc/coreutils.texi (sha2 utilities): Remove obsolete comment.
The -NUMBER option was removed from ‘shred’ in 1999, but the
manual wasn’t updated to match. Problem reported by Nick Rose in:
http://bugs.gnu.org/21502
* doc/coreutils.texi (shred invocation):
Remove documentation for -NUMBER option.
Suggested in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1250113
* AUTHORS: Add base32.
* THANKS.in: Add suggester.
* README: Reference the new program.
* NEWS: Mention the new program.
* src/.gitignore: Ignore the new binary.
* bootstrap.conf: Reference the gnulib base32 module.
* build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh: Add base32.
* man/base32.x: A new template.
* man/.gitignore: Ignore the new man page.
* man/local.mk: Reference the new man page.
* doc/coreutils.texi (base32 invocation): Document the new command.
* src/local.mk: Adjust to build base32 based on base64.c.
* src/base64.c: Parameterize to use the correct headers,
functions and buffer sizes, depending on which binary
is being built.
* tests/misc/base64.pl: Adjust to test both base32 and base64.
* tests/misc/tty-eof.pl: Add base32 as a program that
accepts input on stdin without any options specified.
* scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg: Add base32 to the template.
* doc/coreutils.texi (split invocation): Clarify that -d takes no param.
(uniq invocation): Likewise for -D.
(shred invocation): Likewise for -u.
(tee invocation): Likewise for -p.
* src/uname.c (usage): State that the non POSIX -i and -p options
are non-portable.
* doc/coreutils.texi (uname invocation): Mention the discrepancies
even across GNU/Linux distros, and that the results should
be used as informational only, rather than impacting any
logic decisions.
Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/13001
* src/numfmt.c (usage): Update the --format description
to indicate precision is allowed.
(parse_format_string): Parse a precision specification
like the standard printf does.
(double_to_human): Honor the precision in --to mode.
* tests/misc/numfmt.pl: New tests.
* doc/coreutils.texi (numfmt invocation): Mention the new feature.
* NEWS: Likewise.
* src/numfmt.c: Replace field handling code with logic that understands
field range specifiers. Instead of processing a single field and
printing line prefix/suffix around it, process each field in the line
checking whether it has been included for conversion. If so convert and
print, otherwise just print the unaltered field.
(extract_fields): Removed.
(skip_fields): Removed.
(process_line): Gutted and heavily reworked.
(process_suffixed_number): FIELD is now passed as an arg instead of
using a global.
(parse_field_arg): New function that parses field range specifiers.
(next_field): New function that returns pointers to the next field in
a line.
(process_field): New function that wraps the field conversion logic
(include_field): New function that checks whether a field should be
converted
(compare_field): New function used for field value comparisons in a
gl_list.
(free_field): New function used for freeing field values in a gl_list.
Global variable FIELD removed.
New global variable all_fields indicates whether all fields should be
processed.
New global variable all_fields_after stores the first field of a N-
style range.
New global variable all_fields_before stores the last field of a -M
style range.
New global variable field_list stores explicitly specified fields to
process (N N,M or N-M style specifiers).
(usage): Document newly supported field range specifiers.
* bootstrap.conf: Include xlist and linked-list modules. numfmt now
uses the gl_linked_list implementation to store the field ranges.
* tests/misc/numfmt.pl: Add tests for 'cut style' field ranges.
Adjust existing tests as partial output can occur before an error
Remove test for the 'invalid' field -5.. this is now a valid range.
* gnulib: update to avoid compiler warnings in linked-list.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* src/numfmt.c (unit_to_umax): Support SI (power of 10) suffixes
with the --from-unit and --to-unit options. Treat suffixes like
is done with --from=auto, which for example will change the meaning
of --to-unit=G to that of --to-unit=Gi. The suffix support was
previously undocumented and it's better to avoid the traditional
coreutils suffix handling in numfmt by default.
* doc/coreutils.texi: Document the new behavior. Also fix a typo
mentioning {from,to}=units=.
* tests/misc/numfmt.pl: Adjust accordingly.
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
* src/timeout.c (cleanup): Don't send SIGCONT to the monitored program
when --foreground is specified, as it's generally not needed for
foreground programs, and can cause intermittent signal delivery
issues with monitors like GDB for example.
* doc/coreutils.texi (timeout invocation): Mention that SIGCONT
is not sent with --foreground.
* NEWS: Mention the behavior change.
Supporting `split --numeric-suffixes=1 -n100` for example.
* doc/coreutils.texi (split invocation): Mention the two
use cases for the FROM parameter, and the consequences on
the suffix length determination.
* src/split.c (set_suffix_length): Use the --numeric-suffixes
FROM parameter in the suffix width calculation, when it's
less than the number of files specified in --number.
* tests/split/suffix-auto-length.sh: Add test cases.
Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/20511
* src/wc.c (usage): State that it calculates display width.
* doc/coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Detail the distinct
items used to determine the display width.
* doc/coreutils.texi (truncate invocation): The word 'their' is
incorrect; 'each file' is the antecedent, and is singular,
so 'its' is the correct pronoun.
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Mention that when copying files
without preserving permissions, the umask or a default ACL affect
the mode of new files.
* THANKS.in: Remove committer.
Related to http://bugs.gnu.org/8527
* doc/coreutils.texi: `mkfifo' and `mknod' use the optContext macro
which adds a description for the SELinux security context in addition to
the single option already described in each case. The result in both
cases is two options being introduced as `option' (singular). Fix this
by introducing them as `options' (plural).
Adjust commit v8.23-140-gfdd6ebf to add the --output-error option
instead of --write-error, and treat open() errors like write() errors.
* doc/coreutils.texi (tee invocation): s/write-error/output-error/.
* src/tee.c (main): Exit on open() error if appropriate.
* tests/misc/tee.sh: Add a case to test open() errors.
* NEWS: Adjust for the more general output error behavior.
Suggested by Bernhard Voelker.
tee is very often used with pipes and this gives better control
when writing to them. There are 3 classes of file descriptors
that tee can write to: files(1), pipes(2), and early close pipes(3).
Handling write errors to 1 & 2 is supported at present with the caveat
that failure writing to any pipe will terminate tee immediately.
Handling write errors to type 3 is not currently supported.
To improve the supported combinations we add these options:
--write-error=warn
Warn if error writing any output including pipes.
Allows continued writing to still open files/pipes.
Exit status is failure if any output had error.
--write-error=warn-nopipe, -p
Warn if error writing any output except pipes.
Allows continued writing to still open files/pipes.
Exit status is failure if any non pipe output had error.
--write-error=exit
Exit if error writing any output including pipes.
--write-error=exit-nopipe
Exit if error writing any output except pipes.
Use the "nopipe" variants when files are of types 1 and 3, otherwise
use the standard variants with types 1 and 2. A caveat with the above
scheme is that a combination of pipe types (2 & 3) is not supported
robustly. I.e. if you use the "nopipe" variants when using both type
2 and 3 pipes, then any "real" errors on type 2 pipes will not be
diagnosed.
Note also a general issue with type 3 pipes that are not on tee's
stdout, is that shell constructs don't allow to distinguish early
close from real failures. For example `tee >(head -n1) | grep -m1 ..`
can't distinguish between an error or an early close in "head" pipe,
while the fail on the grep part of the pipe is distinguished
independently from the resulting pipe errors. This is a general
issue with the >() construct, rather than with tee itself.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* doc/coreutils.texi (tee invocation): Describe the new option.
* src/tee.c (usage): Likewise.
(main): With --write-error ignore SIGPIPE, and handle
the various exit, diagnostics combinations.
* tests/misc/tee.sh: Tess all the new options.
Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/11540
Since v5.2.1-1247-g8dafbe5, tee(1) treated '-' as stdout while POSIX
explicitly requires to treat this as a file name. Revert this change,
as the interleaved output - due to sending another copy of input to
stdout - is not considered to be useful. Discussed in
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2015-02/msg00085.html
* src/tee.c (tee_files): Remove the special handling for "-" operands.
(usage): Remove the corresponding sentence.
* doc/coreutils.texi (common options): Remove the "tee -" example.
(tee invocation): Document that tee(1) now treats "-" as a file name.
* tests/misc/tee.sh: Add a test case for "tee -".
While at it, re-indent the above multi-argument processing case and
extend that to 13 operands, as POSIX mandates that, too.
* tests/misc/tee-dash.sh: Remove now-obsolete test.
* tests/local.mk (all_tests): Remove the above test.
* NEWS (Changes in behavior): Mention the change.
This includes a change to require --with-libmount
to be used with configure, due to the many libmount dependencies.
* bootstrap: Sync with gnulib to exit early on gnulib-tool error.
* gl/lib/tempname.c.diff: Adjust for gnulib changes.
* gl/lib/tempname.h.diff: Likewise.
* gl/modules/tempname: Likewise.
* doc/.gitignore: Add new gendocs_template_min gnulib script.
