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Re: a not accurate expression in man rm


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: a not accurate expression in man rm
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:38:42 +0200

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
...
> Thanks for reporting this.  I installed this fix:
>
> 2004-09-20  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
>
>       * coreutils.texi (mv invocation, rm invocation): Say "the response
>       is affirmative" rather than "the response begins with y or Y",
>       so that the documentation is accurate in non-English locales.
>       Problem reported by Munzir Taha.

Thanks for doing that.
Just in case you didn't do the part for `man rm', here it is:

        * man/rm.x: Likewise.

Index: man/rm.x
===================================================================
RCS file: /fetish/cu/man/rm.x,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -p -r1.5 rm.x
--- man/rm.x    26 Sep 2003 13:47:19 -0000      1.5
+++ man/rm.x    21 Sep 2004 06:35:18 -0000
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ If a file is unwritable, the standard in
 the \fI\-f\fR or \fI\-\-force\fR option is not given,
 .B rm
 prompts the user for whether to remove the file.  If the response
-does not begin with `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.
+is not affirmative, the file is skipped.
 .SH OPTIONS
 [SEE ALSO]
 chattr(1), shred(1)




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