Add new --dereference-command-line option.

-H now means this instead of meaning --si, as POSIX requires.
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Jim Meyering
2001-05-13 15:23:20 +00:00
parent 1650fcd3f7
commit 2f7d346fb1
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@@ -4574,6 +4574,14 @@ command line.
@opindex --directory
List just the names of directories, as with other types of files, rather
than listing their contents.
@item -H
@itemx --dereference-command-line
@opindex -H
@opindex --dereference-command-line
@cindex symbolic links, dereferencing
If a command line argument specifies a symbolic link, show information
for the file the link references rather than for the link itself.
@item -I PATTERN
@itemx --ignore=PATTERN
@@ -4598,9 +4606,8 @@ except @samp{..}, and the third ignores names that start with @samp{#}.
@opindex -L
@opindex --dereference
@cindex symbolic links, dereferencing
In a long listing, show file information (e.g., times and permissions)
for the referents of symbolic links rather than for the symbolic links
themselves.
When showing file information for a symbolic link, show information
for the file the link references rather than the link itself.
@item -R
@itemx --recursive
@@ -4672,20 +4679,6 @@ Append a size letter such as @samp{M} for megabytes to each size.
Powers of 1024 are used, not 1000; @samp{M} stands for 1,048,576 bytes.
Use the @samp{--si} option if you prefer powers of 1000.
@item -H
@itemx --si
@opindex -H
@opindex --si
@cindex SI output
Append a size letter such as @samp{M} for megabytes to each size. (SI
is the International System of Units, which defines these letters as
prefixes.) Powers of 1000 are used, not 1024; @samp{M} stands for
1,000,000 bytes. Use the @samp{-h} or @samp{--human-readable} option if
you prefer powers of 1024.
Warning: the meaning of @option{-H} will change in the future to conform
to @sc{posix}. Use @option{--si} for the old meaning.
@item -i
@itemx --inode
@opindex -i
@@ -4784,6 +4777,15 @@ systems, it reports sizes that are twice the correct values for files
that are NFS-mounted from BSD systems. This is due to a flaw in HP-UX;
it also affects the HP-UX @code{ls} program.
@itemx --si
@opindex --si
@cindex SI output
Append a size letter such as @samp{M} for megabytes to each size. (SI
is the International System of Units, which defines these letters as
prefixes.) Powers of 1000 are used, not 1024; @samp{M} stands for
1,000,000 bytes. Use the @samp{-h} or @samp{--human-readable} option if
you prefer powers of 1024.
@end table