Re: ls: new feature proposal

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Julio Auto on 3/28/2006 8:06 PM: > What: > A new feature for the 'ls' program, initially designed to be triggered > by the (randomly picked) '-e' option, that shall enable the printing > of the absolute paths to the files listed, as oppose

ls: new feature proposal

What: A new feature for the 'ls' program, initially designed to be triggered by the (randomly picked) '-e' option, that shall enable the printing of the absolute paths to the files listed, as opposed to the "filename only" standard approach used today. Why: Well, I decided to write that because i

Re: inquires on sort text

Based on the email address you sent to, you are probably using an outdated version of the sort utility. The latest stable version is part of coreutils 5.94, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-02/msg00078.html Dili Rajan said: > Hi > > I working at North York General hospital at

inquires on sort text

Hi I working at North York General hospital at the Health Records department. I am looking for a sort text. Terminal digits sort text. Can you help me. Contact (416) 756-6207 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] A response is greatly appreciated. Thanks Faneeza This email message and any attachments are

inquires on sort text

Hi I working at North York General hospital at the Health Records department. I am looking for a sort text. Terminal digits sort text. Can you help me. Contact (416) 756-6207 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] A response is greatly appreciated. Thanks Faneeza This email message and any attachments are

Re: Bug report

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Christos Ioannou on 3/26/2006 1:53 PM: > During compilation in NetBSD (Cobalt Qube 2 port) I got the following message: > > configure: WARNING: sys/mount.h: present but cannot be compiled Same as your previous report - we need more detai

Re: gnuls bug report

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Christos Ioannou on 3/26/2006 2:00 PM: > While trying to compile gnuls on NetBSD (Cobalt Qube 2 port) i got the > following message: Where did you obtain gnuls? It sounds like a subset of coreutils, but as a subset, this query may be be

Re: Diff/Patch in Windows

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Based on the fact that you addressed this mail to bug-fileutils (an outdated list address), you probably want to consider upgrading the version of coreutils on your machine to the latest stable version, 5.94. According to Sankar V (sent by Nabble.com)

Re: possible enhancement in ls

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Arjun Shankar on 3/26/2006 10:00 PM: > Hi! > I have noticed that in the 'ls' program, there is no option to show > the size of the _contents_ of a directory. Would it not make more > sense if the program showed the size of a directory as -

Re: ptx --copyright

Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> * src/ptx.c (usage): Remove mention of --copyright/-C. >> (main): Alias --copyright to --version plus a deprecation >> warning. >> * NEWS: Mention this. > > That one looks fine to me, except I w

Re: ptx --copyright

Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> How about if we alias it to --version, and deprecate it? That would ... > + ptx's --copyright (-C) option is scheduled for removal in 2007, and > + now evokes a warning. Use --version instead. Thanks. Applied. ___

Re: possible bug in coreutils?

Bob Proulx wrote: >Scott Griffith wrote: > > >>I was just looking at the man page for grep, and wouldn't you know >>it.. --line-buffer is not very well documented. Infact, all it >>says about that is: >> >>(excerpt from man page) >>--line-buffering >> Use line buffering, it can be