[BusyBox 0004424]: Documentation for xargs incomplete (version 1.11.1)

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Sun Aug 3 19:21:32 UTC 2008


The following issue has been CLOSED 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=4424 
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Reported By:                Araneidae
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   4424
Category:                   Documentation
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     closed
Resolution:                 open
Fixed in Version:           
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Date Submitted:             08-01-2008 00:15 PDT
Last Modified:              08-03-2008 12:21 PDT
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Summary:                    Documentation for xargs incomplete (version 1.11.1)
Description: 
The following options for xargs are not documented in usage.h:

-e Sets end of input string (see issue 0004414)
-n Maximum number of arguments per command
-s Maximum size of each argument

The patch below assumes that the patch in 0004414 has been applied.
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 vda - 08-03-08 12:21  
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Thanks. Fixed in svn now. Example:

Options:
        -p      Ask user whether to run each command
        -r      Do not run command if input is empty
        -0      Input is separated by NUL characters
        -t      Print the command on stderr before execution
        -e[STR] STR stops input processing (default _)
        -n N    Pass no more than N args to COMMAND
        -s N    Pass command line of no more than N bytes
        -x      Exit if size is exceeded 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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08-01-08 00:15  Araneidae      New Issue                                    
08-01-08 00:15  Araneidae      Status                   new => assigned     
08-01-08 00:15  Araneidae      Assigned To               => BusyBox         
08-03-08 12:21  vda            Status                   assigned => closed  
08-03-08 12:21  vda            Note Added: 0010184                          
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