Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:06:14 GMT From: Sebastian Rey <Sebastian.rey@gmx.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/76072: Wrong description of "ls -l" in ls(1) Message-ID: <200501102106.j0AL6EOX056307@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200501102110.j0ALAOSZ074360@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 76072 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Wrong description of "ls -l" in ls(1) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jan 10 21:10:24 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Sebastian Rey >Release: 4-Stable >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD marvin.local-galaxy.local 4.10-STABLE FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE #2: Sat Jul 10 14:03:08 CEST 2004 toor@marvin.local-galaxy.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KERNEL i386 >Description: The ls man page says, that ls -l will only output a total sum for all the file sizes, if stdout is a terminal. But ls -l will always output a total line. This behavior conforms with SUSv2. >How-To-Repeat: man ls >Fix: --- /usr/src/bin/ls/ls.1 Fri Apr 9 14:14:18 2004 +++ ls.1 Mon Jan 10 21:56:18 2005 @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ .Dq ell . ) List in long format. (See below.) -If the output is to a terminal, a total sum for all the file +A total sum for all the file sizes is output on a line before the long listing. .It Fl m Stream output format; list files across the page, separated by commas. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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