Eric Blake wrote: > On 04/14/2010 02:13 AM, Martinez, Abel wrote: >> Hi CoreUtil/SORT developer team: >> >> Long time ago I used cygwing to sort file's content by the text >> available on its 4th column in reverse order (under bash) using ___$sort >> +4nr file.txt____ . >> >> I have tried now same function with the latest cygwing and coreutils >> sorting package (sort.exe 19-March-2010) and with those options does not >> work; It says: >> $ sort +4nr ACCESS.txt >> sort: open failed: +4nr: No such file or directory > > Not a bug, but a difference in the level of POSIX compliance. Older > cygwin defaulted to the 1992 version of POSIX, while newer cygwin > defaults to 2001. Per the NEWS file:
Thanks for replying, Eric. With this message, I'm inserting "-close" into the default Cc'd address of [email protected], making it "[email protected]". That moves the thread in our bug tracker, http://debbugs.gnu.org/coreutils from "Outstanding Issues" to the "Resolved Bugs" category:
