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

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: abdallah clark <clark-adc <at> clear.net>

Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 15:16:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #83 received at 9939 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 9939 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for
	<ls>	and <du>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:08:07 +0100

Paul Eggert wrote:

> On 11/15/11 08:45, Voelker, Bernhard wrote:
>> -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\
>
> That would be fine with me.  (I find them equally confusing. :-)

I'm 60/40 for the use of "*" (i.e., 1000*1000), because with it,
each comma-separated item is self-contained.

In your replacement, each of MB and M relies on the
just-defined "KB" or "K" notation.  Without that context,
they may be misinterpreted.
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