[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > tail: `-5' option is obsolete; use `-n 5' since this will be removed in the future
This message isn't in coreutils tail. Perhaps you're running a modified distribution? If so, you might need to write to the distro maintainer instead. > why is this option being removed? POSIX 1003.1-2001 doesn't allow it, even as an extension. From the POSIX point of view that usage was originally marked obsolescent in POSIX 1003.2-1992, and I assume they thought that was enough warning. You can get the old behavior by setting _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 in your environment. For more on this subject, please search <http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/> for "_POSIX2_VERSION". _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
