GNU bug report logs - #10253
mention +FORMAT in ls time style reminder help blurb

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 10253 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10253: mention +FORMAT in ls time style reminder help blurb
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:22:24 +0100

jidanni <at> jidanni.org wrote:
> $ ls -t1 --time-style=%c -og
> ls: invalid argument `%c' for `time style'
> Valid arguments are:
>   - `full-iso'
>   - `long-iso'
>   - `iso'
>   - `locale'     <-------------you forgot to also mention "+FORMAT"
> Try `ls --help' for more information.
> $ ls -t1 --time-style=+%c -og

Thanks for the report.
However, that doesn't lend itself well to a clean fix, since +FORMAT
is not a literal string option argument like the others, and currently
that diagnostic is generated automatically based on the list of literal strings.

I'm inclined to leave it as-is.

Any other opinions?

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