Package: coreutils
Version: 9.4
Tags: patch
The ls documentation currently doesn't state that for device
files, the size field in the long listing format is replaced by
major, minor.
Patch attached.
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Stephane
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 8a2104831..c8e3bd110 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -7968,6 +7968,10 @@ that it is a number rather than a textual name.
Print question marks for other information that
cannot be determined.
+For block special files and character special files, the size field is
+replaced by the corresponding device major and minor numbers as two decimal
+numbers separated by a comma and a space.
+
Normally the size is printed as a byte count without punctuation, but
this can be overridden (@pxref{Block size}).
For example, @option{--human-readable} (@option{-h})
