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Re: a not accurate expression in man rm
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: a not accurate expression in man rm |
Date: |
Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:38:42 +0200 |
Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
...
> Thanks for reporting this. I installed this fix:
>
> 2004-09-20 Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
>
> * coreutils.texi (mv invocation, rm invocation): Say "the response
> is affirmative" rather than "the response begins with y or Y",
> so that the documentation is accurate in non-English locales.
> Problem reported by Munzir Taha.
Thanks for doing that.
Just in case you didn't do the part for `man rm', here it is:
* man/rm.x: Likewise.
Index: man/rm.x
===================================================================
RCS file: /fetish/cu/man/rm.x,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -p -r1.5 rm.x
--- man/rm.x 26 Sep 2003 13:47:19 -0000 1.5
+++ man/rm.x 21 Sep 2004 06:35:18 -0000
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ If a file is unwritable, the standard in
the \fI\-f\fR or \fI\-\-force\fR option is not given,
.B rm
prompts the user for whether to remove the file. If the response
-does not begin with `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.
+is not affirmative, the file is skipped.
.SH OPTIONS
[SEE ALSO]
chattr(1), shred(1)