On March 26, 2012 at 10:42 AM Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Berny, > > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 09:20:26AM +0200, mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I have derived my patch proposal from the info pages of coreutils, as there > > has recently been a discussion about the clearest wording. > > I don't think all users are aware what's the difference between > > "binary (2^N) suffixes KiB" and "decimal (10^N) suffixes KB". > > hmm, good point, send patch that fix the problem in all the man pages. > > > BTW: why omitting the Z and the Y suffix in the man page? > Send patch ;-) Attached: * [PATCH 1/2] wipefs: use strtosize() for -o * [PATCH 2/2] docs: clarify KiB vs. KB in man pages Have fun, Berny
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