The man page says where this default size can be found. In the --help text it is more useful to directly say what this default size is. CC: Nathan Sharp <nwsharp@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@xxxxxxxxxx> --- misc-utils/pipesz.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/misc-utils/pipesz.c b/misc-utils/pipesz.c index 48f07aed7..c317959e4 100644 --- a/misc-utils/pipesz.c +++ b/misc-utils/pipesz.c @@ -71,11 +71,8 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(void) fputs(USAGE_OPTIONS, stdout); fputsln(_(" -g, --get examine pipe buffers"), stdout); - /* TRANSLATORS: '%s' refers to a system file */ fprintf(stdout, - _(" -s, --set <size> set pipe buffer sizes\n" - " size defaults to %s\n"), - PIPESZ_DEFAULT_SIZE_FILE); + _(" -s, --set <size> the buffer size to be used (default: %u)\n"), opt_size); fputs(USAGE_SEPARATOR, stdout); fputsln(_(" -f, --file <path> act on a file"), stdout); @@ -232,6 +229,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, shortopts, longopts, NULL)) != -1) { switch (c) { case 'h': + if (ul_path_read_s32(NULL, &opt_size, PIPESZ_DEFAULT_SIZE_FILE)) + warn(_("cannot parse %s"), PIPESZ_DEFAULT_SIZE_FILE); usage(); case 'V': print_version(EXIT_SUCCESS); -- 2.48.1