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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: |
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:32:55 -0800 |
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On 11/15/11 07:29, abdallah clark wrote:
> Maybe it's a manpower issue
We are short of people and time, yes. I've found your
comments to be helpful in pointing out places where the
--help output (man pages) could be clearer. We've fixed the SIZE sentence
and I'd like to go onto the next issue. In your long message
about this <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=9939#17>
you write:
Also, when I run <ls -alsi --si>, the results have <K> or <M> or <G>
as a suffix on the filesize amounts, but the similar command <ls
-alsih> gives <k> or <m> or <g>.
That's not the behavior I get. First, I get uppercase M and G with
either option set. Second, I get lowercase k with --si, and uppercase
K with -h. But this is because SI uses lowercase k, whereas binary
prefixes use uppercase K (yes, it's silly, but it's standard :-).
The above quotation seems to be more a complaint about the *behavior*
than about the *documentation*, and so I hope I've explained the
behavior. This explanation is also in the full manual. I don't
see a need for correcting the --help output (man pages) as they're
intended to be succinct summaries of the full manual, more reminders
to the expert than introduction to novices as it were.
- 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>, 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
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, RĂ¼diger Meier, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Eric Blake, 2011/11/16
- 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>, Alan Curry, 2011/11/09