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bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <
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Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du> |
Date: |
Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:45:50 -0800 |
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On 11/10/11 13:36, Eric Blake wrote:
> I can live with it.
OK, thanks, I changed "10GB" to "10MB" since it might refer to a RAM
quantity I suppose, and pushed it:
* src/system.h (emit_size_note): Reword for clarity.
See discussion in Bug#9939.
diff --git a/src/system.h b/src/system.h
index 926def9..1cbde92 100644
--- a/src/system.h
+++ b/src/system.h
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static inline void
emit_size_note (void)
{
fputs (_("\n\
-SIZE may be (or may be an integer optionally followed by) one of following:\n\
+SIZE is an integer with an optional suffix (example: 10MB). Suffixes are:\n\
KB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, and so on for G, T, P, E, Z, Y.\n\
"), stdout);
}
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, (continued)
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, abdallah clark, 2011/11/09
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Paul Eggert, 2011/11/09
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, abdallah clark, 2011/11/10
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Jim Meyering, 2011/11/10
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Bob Proulx, 2011/11/10
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, abdallah clark, 2011/11/10
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Eric Blake, 2011/11/10
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Eric Blake, 2011/11/10
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Paul Eggert, 2011/11/10
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Eric Blake, 2011/11/10
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>,
Paul Eggert <=
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, abdallah clark, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Eric Blake, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Voelker, Bernhard, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Paul Eggert, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Jim Meyering, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Ruediger Meier, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Eric Blake, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Jim Meyering, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Eric Blake, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Ruediger Meier, 2011/11/15