freebsd-src/usr.bin/units
Edwin Groothuis 5a97b29aa5 Update the units library file.
- Merge changes from NetBSD and OpenBSD.
- Add the Euro as a primitive unit, add old converted currency and
  pegged currency (Obtained from Wikipedia)
- Rename "dollar" to "usdollar" as primitive unit, remove non-pegged
  currency and add pegged currency (Obtained from Wikipedia)
- Updated the accuracy of a lot of constants (Obtained from Wikipedia)

PR:		bin/106545 bin/88252
Submitted by:	trasz<trasz@pin.if.uz.zgora.pl>, J Vinopal <banshee@abattoir.com>
Approved by:	bde@ (mentor)
MFC after:	1 week
2008-08-07 00:14:56 +00:00
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Makefile
pathnames.h
README
units.1 Expand *n't contractions. 2005-02-13 22:25:33 +00:00
units.c
units.lib Update the units library file. 2008-08-07 00:14:56 +00:00

# $FreeBSD$

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)