Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:45:09 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: trhodes@FreeBSD.org, standards@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Listing FreeBSD extentions as such in utilities Message-ID: <20051031134509.73764fc5.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20051031183931.GA1584@flame.pc> References: <20051031121442.5f7fdff8.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20051031183931.GA1584@flame.pc>
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:39:32 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > On 2005-10-31 12:14, Tom Rhodes <trhodes@freebsd.org> wrote: > > %cvs diff -u date.1 > > Index: date.1 > > =================================================================== > > RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/bin/date/date.1,v > > retrieving revision 1.72 > > diff -u -r1.72 date.1 > > --- date.1 13 Feb 2005 22:25:09 -0000 1.72 > > +++ date.1 31 Oct 2005 17:11:53 -0000 > > [...] > > +.Xr sh 1 > > +shell understands environment variables such as > > +.Dl LC_TIME=C . > > .Sh HISTORY > > A > > .Nm > > I was under the impression that locale settings are understood by the > utilities themselves too, e.g. in commands like: > > env LC_FOO=xxx date That works too. I was just attempting to illustrate a point, without bloating the manual page. Guess I could add "date" at the end there. :) -- Tom Rhodes
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