GNU bug report logs - #14686
Bug#713022: truncate man and info pages must mention -s / -r mandatory

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org, 713022 <at> bugs.debian.org

Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:43:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 8.13-3.3

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: submit <at> bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#713022: truncate man and info pages must mention -s / -r mandatory
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 04:05:29 +0800

Package: coreutils
Version: 8.13-3.3
File: /usr/share/man/man1/truncate.1.gz
X-debbugs-CC: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org

$ truncate /tmp/erere
truncate: you must specify either `--size' or `--reference'

What a shock. Not mentioned on man or info pages!

And
       truncate OPTION... FILE...
should be
       truncate <--size|--ref...> <number> [OPTION...] FILE...

Also mention size is in bytes. Don't just hope the reader will examine
every options' wording to ferret that out.
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