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bug#5991: [bug#5958 PATCH] docs: document translation of obsolete sort s
From: |
Eric Blake |
Subject: |
bug#5991: [bug#5958 PATCH] docs: document translation of obsolete sort syntax |
Date: |
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:33:16 -0600 |
* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Mention the conversion.
---
How about this followup, copying the comment from Pádraig's patch into
our documentation?
doc/coreutils.texi | 5 +++++
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 7561f2a..ed620f3 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -4126,6 +4126,11 @@ sort invocation
@vindex POSIXLY_CORRECT
On older systems, @command{sort} supports an obsolete origin-zero
syntax @address@hidden address@hidden for specifying sort keys.
+The sequence @samp{sort address@hidden@var{x} address@hidden@var{y}}
+translates to @samp{sort address@hidden@var{x+1},@var{b}} if @var{y}
+is @samp{0} or absent, otherwise it translates to @samp{sort
address@hidden@var{x+1},@address@hidden
+
This obsolete behavior can be enabled or disabled with the
@env{_POSIX2_VERSION} environment variable (@pxref{Standards
conformance}); it can also be enabled when @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT} is
--
1.6.6.1
- bug#5991: [bug#5958 PATCH] docs: document translation of obsolete sort syntax,
Eric Blake <=