freebsd-nq

History

Kris Kennaway ffd044a699 Don't segv when trying to add a 0-length unit name. Some string-related cleanups inspired by OpenBSD. Reviewed by: asmodai		2000-07-31 10:49:08 +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	$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$	1999-08-28 01:08:13 +00:00
units.c	Don't segv when trying to add a 0-length unit name.	2000-07-31 10:49:08 +00:00
units.lib	No such thing like `southamericarand' when Rand is the currency of ZA...	2000-04-18 16:37:43 +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)