Description of problem: The man page of time(1) contains the following incorrect statement: "When command finishes, time writes a message to standard output giving timing statistics about this program run." This is incorrect. time writes a message to standard error, not standard output. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.7 How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. strace time date <time output send to filehandle 2> Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
I have verified that it writes to standard error, so this should be fixed in the man-page. Reassigning to the correct rpm (man-pages). Thanks a lot, Florian La Roche