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Re: [PATCH] doc: make the tail --sleep-interval help less confusing


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: make the tail --sleep-interval help less confusing
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:56:33 -0600
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According to Pádraig Brady on 9/4/2009 3:57 PM:
> A trivial patch make tail --help less confusing to me at least
> 
> * src/tail.c (usage): I read "approximately S seconds"
> as "approximately 5 seconds" for approximately 5 seconds.

Nice commit message!  It took me the same 5 seconds to comprehend it, at
which point I was laughing out loud.  Looks good to me (but you may still
want to wait for Jim).

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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