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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-10-03 13:35:14 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-10-03 18:03:09 +0200
commit4a44d7bbc68ff3e363e6c166a588474cbd6c20f8 (patch)
tree05527f5ad13ba290127c5db1e516a3298b7dda1c /doc
parent882383a9aa5fbeef6f29d359a786a6db7c9e03db (diff)
ui: Recognize the same size units as Coreutils.
* guix/ui.scm (size->number): Add a bunch of large units. Recognize one-letter unit names. Change "KB" to "kB". * tests/ui.scm ("size->number, 1T"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix gc): Add cross-reference to "Block size" in the Coreutils manual. (Invoking guix system): Likewise.
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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 57806cebe1..5e8f8e6eb5 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -1142,7 +1142,8 @@ specified.
When @var{min} is given, stop once @var{min} bytes have been collected.
@var{min} may be a number of bytes, or it may include a unit as a
-suffix, such as @code{MiB} for mebibytes and @code{GB} for gigabytes.
+suffix, such as @code{MiB} for mebibytes and @code{GB} for gigabytes
+(@pxref{Block size, size specifications,, coreutils, GNU Coreutils}).
When @var{min} is omitted, collect all the garbage.
@@ -3822,8 +3823,8 @@ This works as per @command{guix build} (@pxref{Invoking guix build}).
@item --image-size=@var{size}
For the @code{vm-image} and @code{disk-image} actions, create an image
of the given @var{size}. @var{size} may be a number of bytes, or it may
-include a unit as a suffix, such as @code{MiB} for mebibytes and
-@code{GB} for gigabytes.
+include a unit as a suffix (@pxref{Block size, size specifications,,
+coreutils, GNU Coreutils}).
@end table
Note that all the actions above, except @code{build} and @code{init},