From c51b329a32275eed7c3abb716d482fe9d2a1ea44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Craig Small Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 20:34:13 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: use correct units in free.1 The free manpage used the correct unit names (e.g. membibyte) but the incorrect unit (e.g. M ) for the human-readable option. References: https://bugs.debian.org/898774 Signed-off-by: Craig Small --- NEWS | 4 ++++ free.1 | 12 ++++++------ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1ca7c037..5478db46 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +procps-ng-NEXT +---------------- + * docs: Use correct symbols for -h option in free.1 Debian #898774 + procps-ng-3.3.15 ---------------- * library: Increment to 8:0:1 diff --git a/free.1 b/free.1 index ca669231..b0b21c65 100644 --- a/free.1 +++ b/free.1 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" This page Copyright (C) 1993 Matt Welsh, mdw@sunsite.unc.edu. .\" Long options where added at April 15th, 2011. .\" Freely distributable under the terms of the GPL -.TH FREE 1 "2016-06-03" "procps-ng" "User Commands" +.TH FREE 1 "2018-05-31" "procps-ng" "User Commands" .SH NAME free \- Display amount of free and used memory in the system .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ display the units of print out. Following units are used. .sp .nf B = bytes - K = kibibyte - M = mebibyte - G = gibibyte - T = tebibyte - P = pebibyte + Ki = kibibyte + Mi = mebibyte + Gi = gibibyte + Ti = tebibyte + Pi = pebibyte .fi .sp If unit is missing, and you have exbibyte of RAM or swap, the number is in