bug#8752: cp: fchown called before fchmod, unable to set file mode

2011-06-01 Thread Bob Proulx
Paul Eggert wrote: > Paul Eggert wrote: > > # echo "-n CHOWN" >>/etc/privgrp > > # setprivgrp -f /etc/privgroup > > Whoops, obviously I misspelled one of those two file names. > I think the second one is right. But you should read the > manuals and check before trying it (I haven't used HP-UX > i

bug#7241: closed (Re: bug#7241: Possible bug on split ?)

2011-06-01 Thread Jim Meyering
Ulf Zibis wrote: > You could write: > > `-b SIZE' > `--bytes=SIZE' > Put SIZE bytes of INPUT into each output file. SIZE may be, or > may be an integer optionally followed by, one of the following > multiplicative suffixes: > `b' => 512 ("blocks") >

bug#8782: date command

2011-06-01 Thread Rick Stanley
The date command is very useful. A lot of features and options which I take advantage of as I need them. Every once in a while I need to use the command to convert a UNIX Epoch Date to a normal date, so I attempt to use the command as: date -d 1306947372 Which results in the error message, "dat

bug#8782: date command

2011-06-01 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 01/06/11 18:11, Rick Stanley wrote: > The date command is very useful. A lot of features and options which I > take advantage of as I need them. Every once in a while I need to use > the command to convert a UNIX Epoch Date to a normal date, so I attempt > to use the command as: > > date -d 1

bug#8782: date command

2011-06-01 Thread Bob Proulx
Rick Stanley wrote: > date -d 1306947372 > Which results in the error message, "date: invalid date `1306947372'". > > Neither 'date --help' or 'man date' shows that the command should have > been written as: > > date -d @1306947372 > > I needed to do a Google search to see what I was doing wrong

bug#8782: date command

2011-06-01 Thread Jesse Gordon
On 6/1/2011 4:12 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: On 01/06/11 18:11, Rick Stanley wrote: The date command is very useful. A lot of features and options which I take advantage of as I need them. Every once in a while I need to use the command to convert a UNIX Epoch Date to a normal date, so I attemp