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| author | Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org> | 2010-03-07 13:59:32 +0200 |
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| committer | Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org> | 2010-03-07 13:59:32 +0200 |
| commit | cf38da00a140bd3bd65b192390ae5553380fd774 (patch) | |
| tree | 5e696ca7ccbbf8052cc218e2ee41f32490388537 /src/xz/xz.1 | |
| parent | Consistently round up the memory usage limit in messages. (diff) | |
| download | xz-cf38da00a140bd3bd65b192390ae5553380fd774.tar.xz | |
Treat all integer multiplier suffixes as base-2.
Originally both base-2 and base-10 were supported, but since
there seems to be little need for base-10 in XZ Utils, treat
everything as base-2 and also be more relaxed about the case
of the first letter of the suffix. Now xz will accept e.g.
KiB, Ki, k, K, kB, and KB, and interpret them all as 1024. The
recommended spelling of the suffixes are still KiB, MiB, and GiB.
Diffstat (limited to '')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/xz/xz.1 | 48 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/src/xz/xz.1 b/src/xz/xz.1 index aba0a693..b60353d0 100644 --- a/src/xz/xz.1 +++ b/src/xz/xz.1 @@ -238,28 +238,36 @@ In most places where an integer argument is expected, an optional suffix is supported to easily indicate large integers. There must be no space between the integer and the suffix. .TP -.BR k " or " kB -The integer is multiplied by 1,000 (10^3). For example, -.B "5k" -or -.B "5kB" -equals -.BR "5000" . -.TP -.BR Ki " or " KiB -The integer is multiplied by 1,024 (2^10). -.TP -.BR M " or " MB -The integer is multiplied by 1,000,000 (10^6). -.TP -.BR Mi " or " MiB -The integer is multiplied by 1,048,576 (2^20). +.B KiB +The integer is multiplied by 1,024 (2^10). Also +.BR Ki , +.BR k , +.BR kB , +.BR K , +and +.B KB +are accepted as synonyms for +.BR KiB . .TP -.BR G " or " GB -The integer is multiplied by 1,000,000,000 (10^9). +.B MiB +The integer is multiplied by 1,048,576 (2^20). Also +.BR Mi , +.BR m , +.BR M , +and +.B MB +are accepted as synonyms for +.BR MiB . .TP -.BR Gi " or " GiB -The integer is multiplied by 1,073,741,824 (2^30). +.B GiB +The integer is multiplied by 1,073,741,824 (2^30). Also +.BR Gi , +.BR g , +.BR G , +and +.B GB +are accepted as synonyms for +.BR GiB . .PP A special value .B max |