GNU bug report logs - #7365
stat bug: %Z appends .000000000

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7365: closed (stat bug: %Z appends .000000000)
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:05:02 +0000

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regarding stat bug: %Z appends .000000000
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From: IgnorantGuru <ignorantguru <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Cc: IgnorantGuru <ignorantguru <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: stat bug: %Z appends .000000000
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:59:13 -0700

$ stat -c %Z examplefile 
1289397609.000000000

stat (GNU coreutils) 8.6 installed from Arch Linux repos, executing in a bash shell.

This behavior changed recently - didn't used to have the .000000000 which breaks scripts that use stat.  eg
line 297: ((: 1289301692.000000000: syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error token is ".000000000")

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: IgnorantGuru <ignorantguru <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>, 7365-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7365: stat bug: %Z appends .000000000
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:09:07 +0100

IgnorantGuru wrote:
> Thanks for the explanation - I definitely think maintaining backward
> compatibility is a better approach.  There is far too much breakage of
> software in linux as it is.

coreutils-8.7 (just released) is better in this respect.
I'm marking this issue as "done".

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