1 # $NetBSD: README,v 1.1 1993/10/27 03:31:51 cgd Exp $
3 This is a program which I wrote as a clone of the UNIX 'units'
4 command. I threw it together in a couple days, but it seems to work,
5 with some restrictions. I have tested it under DOS with Borland C and
6 Ultrix 4.2, and SunOS 4.1.
8 This program differs from the unix units program in the following
10 it can gracefully handle exponents larger than 9 in output
11 it uses 'e' to denote exponentiation in numbers
12 prefixes are listed in the units file
13 it tries both -s and -es plurals
14 it allows use of * for multiply and ^ for exponentiation in the input
15 the output format is somewhat different
17 Adrian Mariano (adrian@cam.cornell.edu or mariano@geom.umn.edu)