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linux.die.net man pages are horribly outdated. Official docs: https://sox.sourceforge.net/sox.html https://sox.sourceforge.net/sox.html

• flykespice 3y ago
  Really? If so that is shocking. Many people consider linux.die.net as the single reliable source of online manpages, so you would automatically assume they would keep the manpages updated with the software releases...
  • jwilk 3y ago
    Yes, but it's hard to notice because they don't preserve the last line that normally contains version information. Some evidence: https://linux.die.net/man/1/rsync https://linux.die.net/man/1/rsync says "This man page is current for version 3.0.6 of rsync", released in 2009; rsync 3.0.7 was released later that year. https://linux.die.net/man/1/perldelta https://linux.die.net/man/1/perldelta is for Perl v5.10.1, released in 2009; Perl v5.12 was released in 2010. https://linux.die.net/man/8/badblocks https://linux.die.net/man/8/badblocks doesn't document the -B option, which was added in E2fsprogs 1.42, released in 2011. https://linux.die.net/man/1/pv https://linux.die.net/man/1/pv says "Frequent use of this third form is not recommended as it may cause the programmer to overheat". But this joke was removed in pv 1.4.0, released in 2012. https://linux.die.net/man/1/play https://linux.die.net/man/1/play says "Copyright 1998-2008 Chris Bagwell and SoX Contributors". The copyright years were updated in sox 14.4.1, released in 2013.
• teddyh 3y ago
  Yes; I always link to <https://manpages.debian.org/ https://manpages.debian.org/> instead.