Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Good thing I tried to compile before pushing! > The above lacks \n\ on the "0 if OK" line.
It's also lacking a close-parenthesis in the text. Also, that wording is a bit verbose for my taste; the verbosity makes it a bit hard to see the exit-status pattern. How about this more-concise version? 2008-10-16 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * src/ls.c (usage): Describe exit statuses more concisely. diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c index ea35b17..34e43ed 100644 --- a/src/ls.c +++ b/src/ls.c @@ -4532,10 +4532,8 @@ colors, and can be set easily by the dircolors command.\n\ \n\ Exit status:\n\ 0 if OK,\n\ - 1 if minor problems (e.g., failure to access a file or directory not\n\ - specified as a command line argument,\n\ - 2 if serious trouble (e.g., memory exhausted, invalid option or failure\n\ - to access a file or directory specified as a command line argument).\n\ + 1 if minor problems (e.g., cannot access subdirectory),\n\ + 2 if serious trouble (e.g., cannot access command-line argument).\n\ "), stdout); emit_bug_reporting_address (); } _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils