[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#6186: closed (du in coreutils should add the -d flag as a shortcut to --max-depth)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: du in coreutils should add the -d flag as a shortcut to --max-depth Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 11:47:22 -0700

Package : coreutils

Version : All

Command : du

Type : Feature Request

Hello,

In the FreeBSD world it is common to have a short argument of '-d' for --max-depth.   This greatly shortens a command one must type to when a depth argument is used (which from my experience is often).

For example currently to say get the size of all the home directories of users one would use :    du /home -h --max-depth=1   .   It would make life simpler and make going from FreeBSD systems to Linux systems easier for people and scripts if the syntax   : du /home -h -d 1 was also supposed.

Thank you,

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> Jim Meyering wrote:
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> >>From a1b74559f1b0dc60b866fa9c0220096fa4abffeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
> > Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 08:39:40 +0200
> > Subject: [PATCH 1/2] tests: exercise du's --max-depth option
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> > * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add du/max-depth.
> > * tests/du/max-depth: New file.
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> >>From 1ccacf7a1b5b93f9e4c8ef562ceceab9726f8656 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Jon Ringuette <address@hidden>
> > Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 08:26:11 +0200
> > Subject: [PATCH 2/2] du: recognize -d N as equivalent to --max-depth=N
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> > * NEWS (New features): Mention it.
> > * src/du.c (DEBUG_OPT): Remove.  Use long-named ---debug instead.
> > Commented out.
> > (MAX_DEPTH_OPTION): Remove.  Use 'd' instead.
> > (main): Insert literal "d:"; remove DEBUG_OPT.
> > * doc/coreutils.texi (du invocation): Add -d to indices.
> > * tests/du/max-depth: Exercise -d, too.
> > ---
> >  NEWS               |    3 +++
> >  doc/coreutils.texi |    2 ++
> >  src/du.c           |   15 +++++++--------
> >  tests/du/max-depth |    7 +++++++
> >  4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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> > diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> > index 5d7b81f..19436fe 100644
> > --- a/NEWS
> > +++ b/NEWS
> > @@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- 
> > outline -*-
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> >  ** New features
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> > +  du recognizes -d N as equivalent to --max-depth=N, for compatibility
> > +  with FreeBSD.
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> I've pushed those two change sets.
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