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bug#16922: df --si -h should emit a warning


From: Pádraig Brady
Subject: bug#16922: df --si -h should emit a warning
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 09:36:24 +0000
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On 03/03/2014 04:55 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> +  -h, --human-readable  print abbreviated sizes in powers of 1024 (e.g. 
>> %s)\n\
>> +  -H, --si              print abbreviated sizes in powers of 1000 (e.g. 
>> %s)\n\
> 
> Thanks for looking into improving this.  Please put commas after "e.g.".  
> Also, I suggest removing "abbreviated", and simplifying the translator's job 
> by simply interpolating the human.  E.g.:
> 
> -h, --human-readable  print sizes in powers of 1024 (e.g., 1023M)\n\
> -H, --si              print sizes in powers of 1000 (e.g., 1.1G)\n\

Better thanks.
I've rolled that into my local patch.

thanks,
Pádraig.





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