Some accrued fixes/updates.
* cp/mv now accepts (and ignores) the -f flag, since it always
does force anyway
* tail can now accept -<num> commands (e.g. -10) for better
compatibility with the standard tail command
* added a simple id implementation; doesn't support supp. groups yet
diff --git a/coreutils/tail.c b/coreutils/tail.c
index 315eee1..321c5c4 100644
--- a/coreutils/tail.c
+++ b/coreutils/tail.c
@@ -368,8 +368,10 @@
case 'h':
usage(tail_usage);
default:
- fprintf(stderr, "tail: invalid option -- %c\n", opt);
- usage(tail_usage);
+ if ((n_units = atoi(&argv[i][1])) < 1) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "tail: invalid option -- %c\n", opt);
+ usage(tail_usage);
+ }
}
} else {
break;