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bug#24961: input option -z alters behavior of output option -o in an und
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vampyrebat |
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bug#24961: input option -z alters behavior of output option -o in an undocumented way |
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Sun, 20 Nov 2016 19:54:39 -0600 |
On 11/19/16, Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> address@hidden wrote:
>> The documentation also states that -z affects only how input is
>> interpreted.
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> I don't see where it does that, as the current documentation for -z talks
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> both "input and output data".
Ah, the pitfalls of multiple forms of documentation. I made sure to look up
both the man page and the info page's documentation for -o; however, I only
looked at the man page for -z.
Your claim about the documentation does, indeed, apply to the info page; my
claim about it refers to the man page.