Karl Eichwalder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| there's a documentation problem:
|
| ke@tux:~ > LANG=C date --help | head -2
| Usage: date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]
| or: date [OPTION] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]]
|
| But `info date' says:
|
| date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]
| date [-u|--utc|--universal] [ MMDDHHMM[[CC]YY][.SS] ]
|
| Please, use the string "[MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]" always case sensitive;
| maybe, it's a Texinfo problem.
Hi Karl,
Yes, indeed it was.
I've fixed it. Patch below.
Thanks for the report.
| I've the feeling, "DD" is faulty; maybe, "d" is meant.
I think `DD' is ok. The rationale may be that date-related things
(month, day, year) are capitalized, while time-related `variables'
are lower case.
Index: sh-utils.texi
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RCS file: /fetish/shellutils/doc/sh-utils.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.81
diff -u -p -r1.81 sh-utils.texi
--- sh-utils.texi 2000/06/09 22:59:04 1.81
+++ sh-utils.texi 2000/09/09 14:26:36
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ format of the @samp{%c} directive (descr
@example
date [@var{option}]@dots{} [+@var{format}]
date [-u|--utc|--universal] @c this avoids a newline in the output
-[ @var{MMDDhhmm}[[@var{CC}]@var{YY}][.@var{ss}] ]
+[ MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss] ]
@end example
@findex strftime @r{and @code{date}}
@@ -2400,7 +2400,7 @@ zone.
The argument must consist entirely of digits, which have the following
meaning:
-@table @var
+@table @samp
@item MM
month
@item DD
