bugfindutils - Bugs: bug #13686, xargs -I is not documented

 
 

bug #13686: xargs -I is not documented

Submitter:  Andreas Metzler <ametzler>
Submitted:  Fri 08 Jul 2005 09:25:11 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  documentation Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  None Status:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  jay
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  Closed
Release:  4.2.23 Fixed Release:  4.2.24
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Sun 10 Jul 2005 01:51:53 AM UTC, comment #1: 

I've applied your patch.  Thanks.

James Youngman <jay>
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Fri 08 Jul 2005 09:25:11 AM UTC, original submission:  

Hello,
Since version 4.2.10 xargs accepts -I, however neither manpage nor texinfo documentation properly refer to it. Attached patch fixes this.

Because POSIX talks about -I (as XSI extension) but not about -i I assume that -I is now the favored variant.

This was originally reported by Michael Wardle in
http://bugs.debian.org/317086

Andreas Metzler <ametzler>

 

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file #316:  documentxargs-I.diff added by ametzler (3KiB - text/plain - suggested patch)

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2005-07-29 jay Open/ClosedOpen Closed
        Fixed ReleaseNone 4.2.24
    2005-07-10 jay StatusNone Fixed
        Assigned toNone jay
    2005-07-08 ametzler Attached File- Added documentxargs-I.diff, #2675
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