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Possible bug on split ?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Ulf Zibis <Ulf.Zibis <at> gmx.de>

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:05:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ulf Zibis <Ulf.Zibis <at> gmx.de>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 7241 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7241: Possible bug on split ?
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:42:41 +0200

 In many FAQs the small letter spelling is suggested, e.g.:

ntfsclone -s -o - <source> | gzip -c | split -a 3 -b 700m - <destination>

So IMO small letter writing for "MB" should be allowed, instead doc to explain, the small letters 
are allowed for "M", but not for "MB", seems to be difficult to communicate.

-Ulf


Am 18.10.2010 21:54, schrieb Paul Eggert:
> On 10/18/10 10:19, Ulf Zibis wrote:
>> IMO this is a bug, or should be documented more explicit.
> I'd say fix the doc.  Do you have a suggestion for
> improving the wording?
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