From c6418e3a5cb3a65af79117162a93a66026cc8c36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kamil Dudka Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 14:28:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: improve wording of the --kibibytes option description Bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1527391 --- doc/coreutils.texi | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 88d6506..772aab6 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -7615,9 +7615,11 @@ Append @samp{*} for executable regular files, otherwise behave as for @opindex --kibibytes Set the default block size to its normal value of 1024 bytes, overriding any contrary specification in environment variables -(@pxref{Block size}). This option is in turn overridden by the -@option{--block-size}, @option{-h} or @option{--human-readable}, and -@option{--si} options. +(@pxref{Block size}). If @option{--block-size}, @option{-h}, +@option{--human-readable}, or @option{--si} options are used, +they take precedence over @option{-k} or @option{--kibibytes} +even if @option{-k} or @option{--kibibytes} is placed after +the other options. The @option{-k} or @option{--kibibytes} option affects the per-directory block count written by the @option{-l} and similar -- 2.17.2