According to Emmanuel Lacour on 2/12/2010 9:05 AM: > but documentation say: > > dirname - strip non-directory suffix from file name
Thanks for the report. Both the man page and the texinfo could use the improvement. I'm installing this: -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [email protected]
From ad205b9a9b1c77ac83f3418a8063a5086abd375b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Blake <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:45:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] dirname: improve man page description * doc/coreutils.texi (dirname invocation): Properly cover behavior on directory. * man/dirname.x: Likewise. * THANKS: Update. Reported by Emmanuel Lacour. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 10 +++++----- man/dirname.x | 2 +- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index e3e95f5..94c493a 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ * df: (coreutils)df invocation. Report file system disk usage. * dir: (coreutils)dir invocation. List directories briefly. * dircolors: (coreutils)dircolors invocation. Color setup for ls. -* dirname: (coreutils)dirname invocation. Strip non-directory suffix. +* dirname: (coreutils)dirname invocation. Strip last file component. * du: (coreutils)du invocation. Report on disk usage. * echo: (coreutils)echo invocation. Print a line of text. * env: (coreutils)env invocation. Modify the environment. @@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ Top File name manipulation * basename invocation:: Strip directory and suffix from a file name -* dirname invocation:: Strip non-directory suffix from a file name +* dirname invocation:: Strip last file name component * pathchk invocation:: Check file name validity and portability * mktemp invocation:: Create temporary file or directory @@ -11902,7 +11902,7 @@ File name manipulation @menu * basename invocation:: Strip directory and suffix from a file name. -* dirname invocation:: Strip non-directory suffix from a file name. +* dirname invocation:: Strip last file name component. * pathchk invocation:: Check file name validity and portability. * mktemp invocation:: Create temporary file or directory. @end menu @@ -11963,7 +11963,7 @@ basename invocation @node dirname invocation -...@section @command{dirname}: Strip non-directory suffix from a file name +...@section @command{dirname}: Strip last file name component @pindex dirname @cindex directory components, printing @@ -11971,7 +11971,7 @@ dirname invocation @cindex non-directory suffix, stripping @command{dirname} prints all but the final slash-delimited component of -a string (presumably a file name). Synopsis: +a string (presumably a file name, but also works on directories). Synopsis: @example dirname @var{name} diff --git a/man/dirname.x b/man/dirname.x index 2cfa08a..09c46e4 100644 --- a/man/dirname.x +++ b/man/dirname.x @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ [NAME] -dirname \- strip non-directory suffix from file name +dirname \- strip last component from file name [DESCRIPTION] .\" Add any additional description here [SEE ALSO] -- 1.6.6.1
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