Re: humanize_number(3) for dd(1) summary?

[Marc Balmer <mbalmer%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

Am 04.12.10 01:26, schrieb Jean-Yves Migeon:
> On 04.12.2010 00:37, Marc Balmer wrote:
>>> $ ./dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/foobar bs=1024 count=3
>>> 3+0 records in
>>> 3+0 records out
>>> 3072 bytes (3,0 KB) transferred in 0.001 secs (2,9 MB/sec)
>>>
>>> What am I missing?
>>
>> The use of commas looks wrong.
> 
> It's a side effect of locale (yay!) with humanize_number(3). The decimal
> point is a comma in my locale. For C/POSIX, you get the dot:
> 
> $ export LC_ALL=C
> $ ./dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=1024 count=1
> 1+0 records in
> 1+0 records out
> 1024 bytes (1.0 KB) transferred in 0.001 secs (999 KB/sec)
> 
> This happens to all consumers of humanize_number(3); ls and df come to
> mind, but they are probably others too.
> 

I see.  Thanks!