Stepan Koltsov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: coreutils > Version: 5.0.90-3 > > sleep accepts float delay argument > > LANG=C sleep 0.01 works fine > LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 sleep 0,01 works too > LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 sleep 0.01 fails, but should work, to write scripts easier
Thanks for the report. This is fixed in coreutils-5.1.0 (2003-12-21) and newer. >From the NEWS file: ** Bug fixes printf, seq, tail, and sleep now parse floating-point operands and options in the C locale. POSIX requires this for printf. That means scripts must always use ".", not ",". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]