Hello,
here is the problem:
~:0> date --v
date (GNU sh-utils) 2.0
Written by David MacKenzie.
Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
~:0> uname -a
Linux emperor 2.2.16 #2 Tue Jun 20 12:41:55 MDT 2000 i686 unknown
~:0> date -f -
now
Wed Jul 19 10:17:26 MDT 2000
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
~:139>
This machine is running RedHat Gnu/Linux 6.2.
The core dump follows the C-d character.
Cheers,
Michael