From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 05:55:34 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: .
X-Git-Tag: FILEUTILS-3_12f~49
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b43f5fb25b81b45f0a9a24056b5d883f6f4dd8a5;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

.
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diff --git a/doc/sh-utils.texi b/doc/sh-utils.texi
index 434c51daad..7d6134b09c 100644
--- a/doc/sh-utils.texi
+++ b/doc/sh-utils.texi
@@ -2320,6 +2320,15 @@ current time and date.  @var{datestr} can be in almost any common
 format.  It can contain month names, timezones, @samp{am} and @samp{pm},
 @samp{yesterday}, @samp{ago}, @samp{next}, etc.  @xref{Date input formats}.
 
+@item -r @var{file}
+@itemx --reference=@var{file}
+@opindex -r
+@opindex --reference
+Display the time and date as obtained from a reference @var{file},
+instead of the current time and date.  Each file has a few timestamps
+associated with it.  In this context, the time and date of the last
+modification are used.
+
 @item -f @var{datefile}
 @itemx --file=@var{datefile}
 @opindex -f