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

 
 

bug #13686: xargs -I is not documented

Submitted by:  Andreas Metzler <ametzler>
Submitted on:  Fri 08 Jul 2005 09:25:11 AM UTC  
 
Category: documentationSeverity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: NoneStatus: Fixed
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: James Youngman <jay>
Originator Name: Open/Closed: Closed
Release: 4.2.23Fixed 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
    Fri 29 Jul 2005 10:26:37 PM UTCjayOpen/ClosedOpen=>Closed
      Fixed ReleaseNone=>4.2.24
    Sun 10 Jul 2005 01:51:53 AM UTCjayStatusNone=>Fixed
      Assigned toNone=>jay
    Fri 08 Jul 2005 09:25:11 AM UTCametzlerAttached File-=>Added documentxargs-I.diff, #2675
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