bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for ls and du

2011-11-15 Thread abdallah clark
for giving too much text again. Thanks for your consideration. All the best to you and yours, Abdallah Clark On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com wrote: On 11/10/2011 01:07 PM, abdallah clark wrote: Gentlemen: That was already done

bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for ls and du

2011-11-10 Thread abdallah clark
what the SIZE paragraph is saying, then please do not attempt to assign to me the task of rewriting the SIZE paragraph or any other part of the man ls material. That is a task for an intermediate or advanced user, not a newbie. All the best to you and yours, Abdallah Clark On Wed, Nov

bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for ls and du

2011-11-10 Thread abdallah clark
Gentlemen: That was already done, to no avail. Has anyone actually looked at that paragraph on SIZE and thought about what it means? On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: abdallah clark wrote: Thank you for your suggestions, but not only are you not realizing

bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for ls and du

2011-11-09 Thread abdallah clark
to you and yours, Abdallah Clark On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Paul Eggert egg...@cs.ucla.edu wrote: On 11/02/11 03:40, abdallah clark wrote: the units are not consistent with the ISO/SI units-- K and M are in units of 1000, not 1024, because they are part of the metric

bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for ls and du

2011-11-09 Thread abdallah clark
on hitting someone's frustration level a lot earlier. Thanks for listening so far, anyway. All the best to you and yours, Abdallah Clark On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Paul Eggert egg...@cs.ucla.edu wrote: On 11/09/11 03:37, abdallah clark wrote: I was wondering

bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for ls and du

2011-11-03 Thread abdallah clark
started, except for a few no no, not thats. I await your response to these situations and thank you in advance for your patience and consideration. All the best to you and yours, Mr. Abdallah Clark ls -alsi On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Paul

bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for ls and du

2011-11-02 Thread abdallah clark
are, nor whether they apply to ls and du. I'm not sure if your definition of bug includes errors in the man pages, but I do hope so. I thank you in advance for your consideration. All the best to you and yours, Abdallah Clark