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authoralex <alex@FreeBSD.org>1996-06-08 03:43:43 +0000
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Units conversion utility courtesy of NetBSD.
Submitted by: Jeremy Prior Obtained from: NetBSD
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+# $Id: README,v 1.2 1996/04/06 06:00:59 thorpej Exp $
+
+This is a program which I wrote as a clone of the UNIX 'units'
+command. I threw it together in a couple days, but it seems to work,
+with some restrictions. I have tested it under DOS with Borland C and
+Ultrix 4.2, and SunOS 4.1.
+
+This program differs from the unix units program in the following
+ways:
+ it can gracefully handle exponents larger than 9 in output
+ it uses 'e' to denote exponentiation in numbers
+ prefixes are listed in the units file
+ it tries both -s and -es plurals
+ it allows use of * for multiply and ^ for exponentiation in the input
+ the output format is somewhat different
+
+Adrian Mariano (adrian@cam.cornell.edu or mariano@geom.umn.edu)
+
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