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docbug (stat -t): missing field names in docs(manpage) for 'stat -t'

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Message #20 received at 28763 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: L A Walsh <law <at> tlinx.org>, L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>,
 Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>, 28763 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28763: docbug (stat -t): missing field names in docs(manpage)
 for 'stat -t'
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 08:58:03 +0200

On 10/11/2017 05:50 AM, L A Walsh wrote:
> Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de> wrote:
> 
>> On 10/09/2017 09:38 PM, Assaf Gordon wrote:
>>> Perhaps it's worth mentioning in the help-screen/man-page that the
>>> full format is available in info/online ? What do others think?
>>
>> IMO this is sufficient:
>>
>>   $ man man/stat.1 | grep Full
>>        Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/stat>
>>
>> Have a nice day,
>> Berny
>>
> And when you are offline?  
> 
> Not everyone is always connected to the cloud...

Adding a bit more context (-A1) to the grep command helps:

  $ man man/stat.1 | grep -A1 Full
       Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/stat>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) stat invocation'

I personally prefer 'pinfo' over 'info' as reader.

Have a nice day,
Berny

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