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Am 30.05.2011 00:18, schrieb Henry Gebhardt: |
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> On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 09:28:47PM -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>> I went back to the man page, it sort of left the @ out on mine: |
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>> -d, --date=STRING |
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>> display time described by STRING, not `now' |
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>> No mention of the @ sign there. It does say to read the info file but I |
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>> very rarely get into those. I never have had any good luck with them. |
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> May I suggest sending a patch upstream? That'd be pretty cool. Just fix |
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> it in the right place where everyone will find it. I bet other people |
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> would appreciate it, too. |
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> Thanks, |
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> H |
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Just adding the @ will not be sufficient. The STRING can be in many |
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different formats. `date -d 'last tuesday'` also works, for example. You |
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have to add a whole new section to the man page -- or just refer to the |
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info page ;-) |
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Regards, |
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Florian Philipp |
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