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From: | L A Walsh |
Subject: | bug#28763: docbug (stat -t): missing field names in docs(manpage) for 'stat -t' |
Date: | Mon, 09 Oct 2017 12:52:03 -0700 |
User-agent: | Thunderbird |
Assaf Gordon wrote:
Hello, On 2017-10-09 12:59 PM, L A Walsh wrote:I typed stat -t to look at the terse form of 'stat', and see a bunch of numbers -- but nowhere do I see what those numbers are suppose to be (i.e. they aren't documented in the manpage and they obviously aren't the same as what is in the non-terse display).The "--terse" format is documented in the info manual, available either with "info stat" or online [1].
--- Not in mine.
[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/stat-invocation.html#index-terse-output Note that it has two output formats, one for filesystems (when using "-f") and the other for file/directories. This is a (somewhat) recent addition by Bernhard Voelker in 2014 [2] , so if you have coreutils version 8.23 or older installed, it might not appear in the local "info" manual.
--- According to the 'info' page, I have version: GNU coreutils 8.26.18-5e871 January 2017 STAT(1) So I don't see it there either Though, if it isn't in the manpage, it's not very easy to find since stat is a gnu-only format that requires arcaneknowledge to use and navigate.
Perhaps it's worth mentioning in the help-screen/man-page that the full format is available in info/online ? What do others think?
--- Why not put it in the manpage?
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