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Pádraig Brady a5a2a406f8 stdbuf: A new program to run a command with modified stdio buffering
* 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.
2009-06-17 14:54:29 +01:00

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'\" Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
'\"
'\" This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms
'\" of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
'\" There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
[NAME]
stdbuf \- Run COMMAND, with modified buffering operations for its standard streams.
[DESCRIPTION]
.\" Add any additional description here
[EXAMPLES]
.B tail -f access.log | stdbuf -oL cut -d \(aq \(aq -f1 | uniq
.br
This will immedidately display unique entries from access.log
[BUGS]
On GLIBC platforms, specifying a buffer size, i.e. using fully buffered mode
will result in undefined operation.