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David Malone 357c2d78c4 Add missing prefix for nano, I presume this was missing 'cos of the prefix recusrion bug. Remove units which can be derived using prefixes and other units. Add new prefixes for 2^10, 2^20, etc...		2001-02-28 16:00:32 +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	As far as I can tell, you have never been able to use 'ab' as a unit	2000-12-24 16:15:28 +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

README

# $FreeBSD$

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)