Keith Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The "--verbose" option to the "split" command doesn't work (where by
> "doesn't work", I mean that specifying the option has no effect on the
> command's output).
>
> The problem seems to have been introduced in coreutils-4.5.10. I see
> the problem in releases 4.5.10 and 5.0; it works correctly in 4.5.9.
Thank you for reporting that!
and for tracking down when it was introduced.
Here's a patch:
split's --verbose option did nothing
* src/split.c (longopts): Use `1', not `0' as the value for
for &verbose. Reported by Keith Thompson.
Index: src/split.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /fetish/cu/src/split.c,v
retrieving revision 1.88
retrieving revision 1.89
diff -u -p -u -r1.88 -r1.89
--- src/split.c 17 Jun 2003 18:13:24 -0000 1.88
+++ src/split.c 27 Jun 2003 07:41:55 -0000 1.89
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static struct option const longopts[] =
{"lines", required_argument, NULL, 'l'},
{"line-bytes", required_argument, NULL, 'C'},
{"suffix-length", required_argument, NULL, 'a'},
- {"verbose", no_argument, &verbose, 0},
+ {"verbose", no_argument, &verbose, 1},
{GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
{GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
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