Re: suggested addition to 'date'

From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy_at_optushome.com.au>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 05:20:06 +1000
On Sat, 2006-Sep-02 13:12:48 +1000, I wrote:
>The justification for extending date(1) is that it already has the code
>to handle date/time stamps.  In reality, this code is all in strftime(3)
>and cat(1) already has hooks to insert a string at the beginning of a
>line so I believe that the attached patch is more appropriate.  (Man
>page update on request).

Following some off-list comments, I have updated the patch to correct
a bug, change the option character to 'D' (for date) and provide a man
page update.

-- 
Peter Jeremy

Received on Mon Sep 04 2006 - 17:20:23 UTC

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