[bug #19596] Typo in docs: %b greater than %s/512

[Andreas Metzler]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?19596>

                 Summary: Typo in docs: %b greater than %s/512
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: ametzler
            Submitted on: Sonntag 15.04.2007 um 18:42
                Category: documentation
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Mike Castleman
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.30
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

This is http://bugs.debian.org/400936 reported by Mike Castleman:
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In the find(1) manpage, the description of the %b format specifier in the
-printf command currently reads:

              %b     The amount of disk space used for this file in 
512-byte
                     blocks. Since disk space is allocated in multiples of
the
                     filesystem  block  size  this  is  usually greater 
than
                     %s/1024,  but  it  can  also  be smaller if the file is
a
                     sparse file.

While it is technically true that %b is usually greater than %s/1024, it is
probably more useful to say here that it is usually greater than %s/512.
[...]
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This applies to both 4.2.30 and CVS head. Trivial patch against manpage and
texi attached.
cu andreas



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Date: Sonntag 15.04.2007 um 18:42  Name: bug400936.diff  Size: 1kB   By:
ametzler
bugfix.
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=12486>

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