GNU bug report logs - #9939
Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: "Voelker, Bernhard" <bernhard.voelker <at> siemens-enterprise.com>
To: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>, abdallah clark <clark-adc <at> clear.net>
Cc: "9939 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <9939 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
Subject: bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls>	and <du>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:45:53 +0100

Eric Blake wrote:

> SIZE is an integer with an optional suffix (example: 10MB).  Suffixes are:
> KB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, and so on for G, T, P, E, Z, Y.

I didn't jump in the discussion yet, but personally also find the
multiplication confusing. I know, there's already been a patch, but
what about the following?

Bye,
Berny

From d8819575ede3c4803787030869edaf865bd40711 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:42:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] * src/system.h (emit_size_note): Reword for clarity again

---
 src/system.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/system.h b/src/system.h
index 1cbde92..afb1a40 100644
--- a/src/system.h
+++ b/src/system.h
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ emit_size_note (void)
 {
   fputs (_("\n\
 SIZE is an integer with an optional suffix (example: 10MB).  Suffixes are:\n\
-KB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, and so on for G, T, P, E, Z, Y.\n\
+KB (1000), K (1024), MB (1000KB), M (1024K), and so on for G, T, P, E, Z, Y.\n\
 "), stdout);
 }
 
-- 
1.7.3.4

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.