[patch] wfix : free

[patch] wfix : free

[Lev Lafayette]

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Hi man-page people,

The command "free" allows for measurement in gigabytes (free -g), but this
not noted in the man page. It *is* available in free --help

Please find attached a suggested patch.

All the best,


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--- free1.txt	2015-06-15 10:41:09.445473401 +1000
+++ free2.txt	2015-06-15 10:49:17.878241309 +1000
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
        free - Display amount of free and used memory in the system
 
 S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
-       f\bfr\bre\bee\be [-\b-b\bb | -\b-k\bk | -\b-m\bm] [-\b-o\bo] [-\b-s\bs _\bd_\be_\bl_\ba_\by ] [-\b-t\bt] [-\b-V\bV]
+       f\bfr\bre\bee\be [-\b-b\bb | -\b-k\bk | -\b-m\bm | -\b-g\bg] [-\b-o\bo] [-\b-s\bs _\bd_\be_\bl_\ba_\by ] [-\b-t\bt] [-\b-V\bV]
 
 D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
        f\bfr\bre\bee\be  displays the total amount of free and used physical and swap mem‐
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
    O\bOp\bpt\bti\bio\bon\bns\bs
        The  -\b-b\bb  switch  displays  the amount of memory in bytes; the -\b-k\bk switch
        (set by default) displays it in kilobytes; the -\b-m\bm switch displays it in
-       megabytes.
+       megabytes; the -\b-g\bg switch displays it in gigabytes.
 
        The -\b-t\bt switch displays a line containing the totals.
 

Re: [patch] wfix : free

[Zeng Linggang]

Hi!
On Mon, 2015-06-15 at 11:54 +1100, Lev Lafayette wrote:
> Hi man-page people,
> 
> The command "free" allows for measurement in gigabytes (free -g), but this
> not noted in the man page. It *is* available in free --help

*free* is supported in procps-ng package.
I have checked that "free -g" has been supported in latest version.
I think you should update it.
More you should send E-mail to procps-uGLqWuYN4qMgsBAKwltoeQ@public.gmane.org for this. :)

Thanks,
Zeng


> 
> Please find attached a suggested patch.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> 


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Re: [patch] wfix : free

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

On 06/15/2015 02:54 AM, Lev Lafayette wrote:
> Hi man-page people,
> 
> The command "free" allows for measurement in gigabytes (free -g), but this
> not noted in the man page. It *is* available in free --help
> 
> Please find attached a suggested patch.
> 
> All the best,

Lev,

Please see http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/free.1.html#COLOPHON

Thanks,

Michael


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