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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 3d44de428..faf8b0680 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-09-02 Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com> + + * users/15350: Doc/expn.yo: explain the strange rounding rules for + size glob qualifier. + 2010-09-01 Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com> * 28188: Doc/Zsh/mod_complist.yo, Doc/Zsh/zle.yo: better @@ -13586,5 +13591,5 @@ ***************************************************** * This is used by the shell to define $ZSH_PATCHLEVEL -* $Revision: 1.5067 $ +* $Revision: 1.5068 $ ***************************************************** diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo index cacbfc4d3..96ab133cc 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo @@ -2302,10 +2302,17 @@ time. ) item(tt(L)[tt(PLUS())|tt(-)]var(n))( files less than var(n) bytes (tt(-)), more than var(n) bytes (tt(PLUS())), or -exactly var(n) bytes in length. If this flag is directly followed by a `tt(k)' -(`tt(K)'), `tt(m)' (`tt(M)'), or `tt(p)' (`tt(P)') (e.g. `tt(Lk-50)') -the check is performed with kilobytes, megabytes, or blocks (of 512 bytes) -instead. +exactly var(n) bytes in length. + +If this flag is directly followed by a `tt(k)' (`tt(K)'), `tt(m)' +(`tt(M)'), or `tt(p)' (`tt(P)') (e.g. `tt(Lk-50)') the check is performed +with kilobytes, megabytes, or blocks (of 512 bytes) instead. In this +case a file is regarded as "exactly" the size if the file size rounded up +to the next unit is equal to the test size. Hence `tt(*LPAR()Lm1+RPAR())' +matches files from 1 byte up to 1 Megabyte inclusive. Note also that +the set of files "less than" the test size only includes files that would +not match the equality test; hence `tt(*LPAR()Lm-1+RPAR())' only matches +files of zero size. ) item(tt(^))( negates all qualifiers following it |