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bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
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.
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, (continued)
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, abdallah clark, 2011/11/10
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Eric Blake, 2011/11/10
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Eric Blake, 2011/11/10
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Paul Eggert, 2011/11/10
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Eric Blake, 2011/11/10
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Paul Eggert, 2011/11/12
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, abdallah clark, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Eric Blake, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Voelker, Bernhard, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Paul Eggert, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>,
Jim Meyering <=
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- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Eric Blake, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Jim Meyering, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Eric Blake, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Ruediger Meier, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, RĂ¼diger Meier, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Eric Blake, 2011/11/16
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>, Paul Eggert, 2011/11/15
- bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls>, Alan Curry, 2011/11/09