GNU fileutils 3.12 Release Notes


Note:
Some of the links in this file point to online documents which require additional installation.

Table of Contents

  • What are the GNU fileutils?
  • Support Policy
  • Installation Information
  • Silicon Graphics Legal Notice
  • Author's Notice(s)
  • Few GNU software Web pages:
  • GNU Software Online Documentation
  • GNU info tree at Ohio State University
  • Index of GNU resources at Yahoo

  • What are the GNU fileutils ?

    A complete POSIX compliant replacement for many UNIX small utilities related to file handling:
    chgrp chmod chown cp dd df dir du ginstall ln ls mkdir mkfifo mknod mv rm rmdir sync touch vdir
    The main advantage of using the GNU version of these standard UNIX utilities is that they are available universally, on virtually any UNIX platform so your shell scripts that rely on the intricacies of all these small utilities become more portable. Also, most of these programs have significant advantages over their traditional Unix counterparts, such as greater speed, additional options, and fewer arbitrary limits
    See the man page for each specific utility for further details.
    Author's Notice(s):
    GNU packages are distributed under the FSF (Free Software Foundation) "Copyleft" which includes the GPL (GNU public license) and the Library GPL.
    The GNU fileutils were written and enhanced over the years by scores of people on the net.
    Suggestions and bug reports for these programs can be mailed to:
    bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu.

    Builder Notice(s):

    Built and packaged for SGI by Ariel Faigon who is afraid emails for support would have to be silently ignored. Patches and constructive suggestions for improvement are welcome.

    Installation Information

    GNU fileutils subsystems

    fw_GNUfileutils.sw.*
    Execution only environment. The file utilities executables.
    fw_GNUfileutils.man.*
    Man pages, release notes, & texinfo documentation.
    fw_GNUfileutils.src.*
    Full source distribution.

    Installation Method

    All of the subsystems for this product can be installed using IRIX. You do not need to use the miniroot. Refer to the Software Installation Administrator's Guide for complete installation instructions.

    Compatibility

    This software is compatible with IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.x.