freebsd-dev/usr.bin/units
2001-03-01 05:51:46 +00:00
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Makefile $Id$ -> $FreeBSD$ 1999-08-28 01:08:13 +00:00
pathnames.h $Id$ -> $FreeBSD$ 1999-08-28 01:08:13 +00:00
README $Id$ -> $FreeBSD$ 1999-08-28 01:08:13 +00:00
units.1 All temperature scales are centigrades. Use "Celsius" instead. 2001-03-01 05:51:46 +00:00
units.c Give units a bit of a cleanup: 2001-02-28 15:57:38 +00:00
units.lib Add missing prefix for nano, I presume this was missing 'cos of the 2001-02-28 16:00:32 +00:00

# $FreeBSD$

This is a program which I wrote as a clone of the UNIX 'units'
command.  I threw it together in a couple days, but it seems to work,
with some restrictions.  I have tested it under DOS with Borland C and
Ultrix 4.2, and SunOS 4.1.  

This program differs from the unix units program in the following
ways:
   it can gracefully handle exponents larger than 9 in output
   it uses 'e' to denote exponentiation in numbers
   prefixes are listed in the units file
   it tries both -s and -es plurals
   it allows use of * for multiply and ^ for exponentiation in the input
   the output format is somewhat different

Adrian Mariano (adrian@cam.cornell.edu or mariano@geom.umn.edu)