Heiko Marr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> there seems to be a mistake in the description of SYNOPSIS for mkdir.
> You wrote:
>
> mkdir [OPTION] DIRECTORY...
>
> but it has to be:
>
> mkdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...
Thank you for reporting that.
The same problem affects several other programs.
Here's how I've fixed it:
>From 9396eb903752ad4a1375235f62dcb094a5ae2cf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:53:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: add "..." to Usage, to indicate there may be multiple
OPTIONs
* src/base64.c (usage): Likewise.
* src/cat.c (usage): Likewise.
* src/md5sum.c (usage): Likewise.
* src/mkdir.c (usage): Likewise.
* src/mkfifo.c (usage): Likewise.
* src/split.c (usage): Likewise.
* src/stat.c (usage): Likewise.
Heiko Marr reported the problem with mkdir.
---
THANKS | 1 +
src/base64.c | 2 +-
src/cat.c | 2 +-
src/md5sum.c | 2 +-
src/mkdir.c | 2 +-
src/mkfifo.c | 2 +-
src/split.c | 2 +-
src/stat.c | 2 +-
8 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index b269dd9..40b33ba 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ Harald Dunkel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Harry Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Harti Brandt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Harvey Eneman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Heiko Marr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Helen Faulkner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Herbert Xu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Holger Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
diff --git a/src/base64.c b/src/base64.c
index 416e573..bfbd9e0 100644
--- a/src/base64.c
+++ b/src/base64.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ usage (int status)
else
{
printf (_("\
-Usage: %s [OPTION] [FILE]\n\
+Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]\n\
Base64 encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output.\n\
\n"), program_name);
fputs (_("\
diff --git a/src/cat.c b/src/cat.c
index d762f45..9c1996a 100644
--- a/src/cat.c
+++ b/src/cat.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ usage (int status)
else
{
printf (_("\
-Usage: %s [OPTION] [FILE]...\n\
+Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
"),
program_name);
fputs (_("\
diff --git a/src/md5sum.c b/src/md5sum.c
index a92113b..238c02e 100644
--- a/src/md5sum.c
+++ b/src/md5sum.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ usage (int status)
else
{
printf (_("\
-Usage: %s [OPTION] [FILE]...\n\
+Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
Print or check %s (%d-bit) checksums.\n\
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\
\n\
diff --git a/src/mkdir.c b/src/mkdir.c
index 9644f4c..e408f29 100644
--- a/src/mkdir.c
+++ b/src/mkdir.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ usage (int status)
program_name);
else
{
- printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION] DIRECTORY...\n"), program_name);
+ printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...\n"), program_name);
fputs (_("\
Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist.\n\
\n\
diff --git a/src/mkfifo.c b/src/mkfifo.c
index 06075c8..690766b 100644
--- a/src/mkfifo.c
+++ b/src/mkfifo.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ usage (int status)
program_name);
else
{
- printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION] NAME...\n"), program_name);
+ printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... NAME...\n"), program_name);
fputs (_("\
Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs.\n\
\n\
diff --git a/src/split.c b/src/split.c
index c70e0c4..85687c4 100644
--- a/src/split.c
+++ b/src/split.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ usage (int status)
else
{
printf (_("\
-Usage: %s [OPTION] [INPUT [PREFIX]]\n\
+Usage: %s [OPTION]... [INPUT [PREFIX]]\n\
"),
program_name);
fputs (_("\
diff --git a/src/stat.c b/src/stat.c
index a97687a..491c190 100644
--- a/src/stat.c
+++ b/src/stat.c
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ usage (int status)
program_name);
else
{
- printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION] FILE...\n"), program_name);
+ printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... FILE...\n"), program_name);
fputs (_("\
Display file or file system status.\n\
\n\
--
1.5.6.1.91.gc2a16
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