[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#7365: closed (stat bug: %Z appends .000000000)

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regarding stat bug: %Z appends .000000000
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> stat bug: %Z appends .000000000
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> Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:59:13 -0700
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> $ stat -c %Z examplefile 
> 1289397609.000000000
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> stat (GNU coreutils) 8.6 installed from Arch Linux repos, executing in a bash 
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> This behavior changed recently - didn't used to have the .000000000 which 
> breaks scripts that use stat.  eg
> line 297: ((: 1289301692.000000000: syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator 
> (error token is ".000000000")
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> Re: bug#7365: stat bug: %Z appends .000000000
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> Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:09:07 +0100
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> IgnorantGuru wrote:
> > Thanks for the explanation - I definitely think maintaining backward
> > compatibility is a better approach.  There is far too much breakage of
> > software in linux as it is.
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> coreutils-8.7 (just released) is better in this respect.
> I'm marking this issue as "done".
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