fop(1): record separator worky now?

Makefile

@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@
 # permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this
 # notice are preserved.  This file is offered as-is, without any warranty.
 
-.POSIX:
+# The octal escape \043 is utilized twice in this file as make(1p) will
+# interpret a hash in a rule as an inline comment.
 
-# if using BSD make(1), remove these pragmas because they break it
+.POSIX:
-.PRAGMA: posix_202x # future POSIX standard support à la pdpmake(1)
-.PRAGMA: command_comment # breaks without this?
 
 DESTDIR ?= dist
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
@@ -32,9 +31,9 @@ CFLAGS += -I$(SYSEXITS)
 .PHONY: all
 all: dj false fop hru intcmp mm npc rpn scrut str strcmp swab true
 
-build:
 # keep build/include until bindgen(1) has stdin support
 # https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/issues/2703
+build:
 	mkdir -p build/bin build/include build/lib build/o build/test
 
 .PHONY: clean
@@ -67,9 +66,9 @@ build/o/libstrerror.rlib: build src/strerror.rs
 	$(RUSTC) $(RUSTFLAGS) --crate-type=lib -o $@ \
 		src/strerror.rs
 
-build/o/libsysexits.rlib: build $(SYSEXITS)sysexits.h
 # bandage solution until bindgen(1) gets stdin support
-	printf '#define EXIT_FAILURE 1\n' | cat - $(SYSEXITS)sysexits.h \
+build/o/libsysexits.rlib: build $(SYSEXITS)sysexits.h
+	printf '\043define EXIT_FAILURE 1\n' | cat - $(SYSEXITS)sysexits.h \
 		> build/include/sysexits.h 
 	bindgen --default-macro-constant-type signed --use-core --formatter=none \
 		build/include/sysexits.h | $(RUSTC) $(RUSTFLAGS) --crate-type lib -o $@ -

README

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 “Seek not to walk the path of the masters; seek what they sought.”
 – Matsuo Basho
 
-The Bonsai core utilities are the result of the careful examination of the
+The Bonsai core utilities are a replacement for standard POSIX utilities which
-current state of POSIX and Unix utilies. The Unix Philosophy, “do one thing and
+aim to fill its niche while expanding on their capabilities. These new tools are
-do it well” is its core but these tools do not cling to the names of the past.
+the result of the careful examination of the current state of POSIX and Unix
+utilies. The Unix Philosophy of “do one thing and do it well” are their core but
+they avoid clinging to the past.
 
 The era of the original Unix tools has been long and fruitful, but they have
 their flaws. The new, non-POSIX era of this project started with frustration
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ To test the utilities:
 
 $ make test
 
-To remove all untracked files:
+To remove all build and distributable files:
 
 $ make clean
 

docs/dj.1

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
 .\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
 .\"
-.TH DJ 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.9"
+.TH DJ 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.11"
 .SH NAME
 dj \(en disk jockey
 .\"

docs/false.1

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
 .\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
 .\"
-.TH FALSE 1 2024-06-06 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.9"
+.TH FALSE 1 2024-06-06 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.11"
 .SH NAME
 false \(en do nothing, unsuccessfully
 .\"

docs/fop.1

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
 .\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
 .\"
-.TH FOP 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.9"
+.TH FOP 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.11"
 .SH NAME
 fop \(en field operator
 .\"

docs/hru.1

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
 .\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
 .\"
-.TH HRU 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.9"
+.TH HRU 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.11"
 .SH NAME
 hru \(en human readable units
 .\"

docs/intcmp.1

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
 .\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
 .\"
-.TH INTCMP 1 2024-06-06 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.9"
+.TH INTCMP 1 2024-06-06 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.11"
 .SH NAME
 intcmp \(en compare integers
 .\"

docs/mm.1

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
 .\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
 .\"
-.TH MM 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.9"
+.TH MM 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.11"
 .SH NAME
 mm \(en middleman
 .\"

docs/npc.1

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
 .\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
 .\"
-.TH NPC 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.9"
+.TH NPC 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.11"
 .SH NAME
 npc \(en show non-printing characters
 .\"

docs/rpn.1

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
 .\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
 .\"
-.TH RPN 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.9"
+.TH RPN 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.11"
 .SH NAME
 rpn \(en reverse polish notation evaluation
 .\"

docs/scrut.1

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
 .\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
 .\"
-.TH SCRUT 1 2024-06-06 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.9"
+.TH SCRUT 1 2024-06-06 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.11"
 .SH NAME
 scrut \(en scrutinize file properties
 .SH SYNOPSIS

docs/str.1

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
 .\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
 .\"
-.TH STR 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.9"
+.TH STR 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.11"
 .SH NAME
 str \(en test string arguments
 .\"

docs/strcmp.1

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
 .\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
 .\"
-.TH STRCMP 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.9"
+.TH STRCMP 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.11"
 .SH NAME
 strcmp \(en compare strings
 .\"

docs/swab.1

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
 .\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
 .\"
-.TH SWAB 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.9"
+.TH SWAB 1 2024-06-17 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.11"
 .SH NAME
 swab \(en swap bytes
 .\"

docs/true.1

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
 .\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
 .\"
-.TH TRUE 1 2024-06-06 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.9"
+.TH TRUE 1 2024-06-06 "Bonsai Core Utilites 0.13.11"
 .SH NAME
 true \(en do nothing, successfully
 .\"

src/fop.rs

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use sysexits::{ EX_DATAERR, EX_IOERR, EX_UNAVAILABLE, EX_USAGE };
 
 fn main() {
 	let argv = args().collect::<Vec<String>>();
-	let mut d = char::from(0x1E).to_string();
+	let mut d = '\u{1E}'.to_string();
 	let mut arg_parser = Parser::new(&argv, "d:");
 
 	while let Some(opt) = arg_parser.next() {