"Bert Wesarg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Feb 7, 2008 10:41 PM, Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> writes:
>>
>> >
>> > Good idea.
>> > tail and a few other programs were made to work that way in May.
>>
>> http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=2539b53
> It looks like there was a typo in this commit:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{GB} by 1024*1024*1024,
Good catch!
Here's how I've fixed it:
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f37a4ef..0cc95ce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2008-02-07 Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ Fix a typo in description of size suffixes: s/GB/G/.
+ * doc/coreutils.texi (od invocation, head invocation, tail invocation):
+ Spotted by Bert Wesarg.
+
* NEWS [6.9.90]: Mention the added feature that head, od, split and
tail now accept the standard size suffixes (kB, M, MB, G, GB, and
so on for T, P, Y, Z, and Y) on arguments to selected options.
diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index bb536b3..2a47910 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Bernhard Baehr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bernhard Gabler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bert Deknuydt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Bert Wesarg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bill Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bjorn Helgaas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bob McCracken [EMAIL PROTECTED]
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index aca5fbd..dfab040 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ hexadecimal; otherwise, if it begins with @samp{0}, in
octal; otherwise,
in decimal. Appending @samp{b} multiplies @var{bytes} by 512,
@samp{kB} by 1000, @samp{K} by 1024,
@samp{MB} by 1000*1000, @samp{M} by 1024*1024,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{GB} by 1024*1024*1024,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{G} by 1024*1024*1024,
and so on for @samp{T}, @samp{P}, @samp{E}, @samp{Z}, and @samp{Y}.
@item -N @var{bytes}
@@ -2501,7 +2501,7 @@ print all but the last @var{n} bytes of each file.
Appending @samp{b} multiplies @var{n} by 512,
@samp{kB} by 1000, @samp{K} by 1024,
@samp{MB} by 1000*1000, @samp{M} by 1024*1024,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{GB} by 1024*1024*1024,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{G} by 1024*1024*1024,
and so on for @samp{T}, @samp{P}, @samp{E}, @samp{Z}, and @samp{Y}.
@itemx -n @var{n}
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ However, if @var{n} starts with a @samp{+}, start
printing with the
Appending @samp{b} multiplies @var{bytes} by 512,
@samp{kB} by 1000, @samp{K} by 1024,
@samp{MB} by 1000*1000, @samp{M} by 1024*1024,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{GB} by 1024*1024*1024,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{G} by 1024*1024*1024,
and so on for @samp{T}, @samp{P}, @samp{E}, @samp{Z}, and @samp{Y}.
@item -f
--
1.5.4.35.g3cfc
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