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- From: djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu
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- Subject: [gnu.announce] GNU file utilities 3.3 released
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- Date: 25 Jul 92 09:39:41 GMT
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- A new release of the GNU file management programs is available for
- anonymous ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu [18.71.0.38], in the file
- pub/gnu/fileutils-3.3.tar.Z.
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- The programs in the fileutils are:
-
- chgrp chmod chown cp dd df du install ln ls mkdir mkfifo mknod mv rm
- rmdir touch
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- mkfifo is a POSIX.2 invention that is like `mknod file p'.
- tac prints files backwards.
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- Most of these programs have significant advantages over their Unix
- counterparts, such as greater speed, additional options, and fewer
- arbitrary limits.
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- Major changes in release 3.3:
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- * df sped up by not calling sync for every filesystem
- * df ported to AIX (RS/6000 and PS/2), and SVR2 port fixed
- * df -i now also prints the total number of inodes per filesystem
- * ls sped up by not reading symlink contents unnecessarily
- * du doesn't die on POSIX systems when the root filesystem is NFS mounted
- * cp and mv report chown Permission denied errors when run by root
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- Please send bug reports for this software to the mailing list
- bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu
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