Re: [cp v5.97] --noreply erroneously depreciated

2007-12-21 Thread Chris Velevitch
On Dec 21, 2007 4:56 PM, Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Velevitch wrote: > > > I thought rsync is meant for copying files between machines? In what > > There's no requirement that rsync can only be used between two different > machines. Then why use rsync locally and not cp? > >

Maybe a bug!

2007-12-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Why does head accept die option -1 and tail does not, in this same context? $ head -1 LottoDate.txt LottoJahr.txt LottoZahl.txt ==> LottoDate.txt <== 09.10.1955 3 12 13 16 23 41 ==> LottoJahr.txt <== 1955 3 12 13 16 23 41 ==> LottoZahl.txt <== 3 12 13 16 23 41 $ tail -1 LottoDate.txt Lotto

printf failure on darwin with coreutils-6.9.91

2007-12-21 Thread Peter Fales
I'm trying to build coreutils-6.9.91 for Mac OS/X (Darwin 10.3) and getting test failures from misc/printf. The output of make check is attached below. I believe the problem occurs around line 345 of src/printf.c which has: 342 switch (conversion) 343{ 344case 'd': case 'i

wcwidth failure on RedHat Linux 7.3 (coreutils-6.9.91)

2007-12-21 Thread Peter Fales
I'm seeing the following gnulib test failure while building coreutils-6.9.91 on RedHat Linux 7.3. I'm not sure whether folks want to support such old systems, but just in case... I've attached the results of the verbose make check below, but the failure is at line 63 of gnulib-tests/test-wcwidth

Re: printf failure on darwin with coreutils-6.9.91

2007-12-21 Thread Jim Meyering
Peter Fales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to build coreutils-6.9.91 for Mac OS/X (Darwin 10.3) > and getting test failures from misc/printf. The output of make check > is attached below. I believe the problem occurs around line 345 of > src/printf.c which has: > > 342 switch (con

Re: Maybe a bug!

2007-12-21 Thread Philip Rowlands
On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why does head accept die option -1 and tail does not, in this same context? Please see this FAQ entry regarding arguments to tail: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#Old-tail-plus-N-syntax-now-fails I'm not sure why head

typo

2007-12-21 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Jim, all, found a single typo in the coreutils manual. Also, I suggest to change `relationals' as it seemed a bit odd -- is that a proper word? Even if it is, I think `relational operators' is clearer, at least to a non-native like me. Cheers, Ralf 2007-12-21 Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PR

Re: typo

2007-12-21 Thread Jim Meyering
Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007-12-21 Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * doc/coreutils.texi: Fix a typo. Avoid the term `relationals'. Hi Ralf, Applied. Thanks and Happy holidays! ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-co

Re: Maybe a bug!

2007-12-21 Thread Jim Meyering
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why does head accept die option -1 and tail does not, in this same > context? ... > $ LANG=C tail -1 LottoDate.txt LottoJahr.txt LottoZahl.txt > tail: option used in invalid context -- 1 Thanks for the report. What version of tail are you using? Tha

Re: printf failure on darwin with coreutils-6.9.91

2007-12-21 Thread Jim Meyering
Peter Fales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 05:06:11PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: >> Peter Fales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I'm trying to build coreutils-6.9.91 for Mac OS/X (Darwin 10.3) >> > and getting test failures from misc/printf. The output of make check >> > is a

LIST file names from UNIX (Remote server) to Mainframe (Local server) dataset.

2007-12-21 Thread Jay Kumar
Dear Sir/Madam, Kindly let me know the UNIX list command with example which can copy the list of remote server (UNIX) files to local server (Mainframe) dataset. I will be very thankful for the same, Thanks and Regards, Nits ___ Bug-coreutils mailing l

Re: LIST file names from UNIX (Remote server) to Mainframe (Local server) dataset.

2007-12-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Jay Kumar wrote: > Kindly let me know the UNIX list command with example which can copy the > list of remote server (UNIX) files to local server (Mainframe) dataset. You are posting a generic question but this is not truly a generic question forum. This is the GNU Coreutils mailing list. The GNU

Re: cp: progress bar :)

2007-12-21 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Friday 21 December 2007, Andrea Di Pasquale wrote: > Hi! I've patched coreutils 5.94/6.9 for add cp's progress bar. thanks, but didnt you just post this with a different e-mail address ? while it wont get merged, i imagine other people may find it useful. i'd point out that your usage of siz