Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 05:34:30 +0000 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Who broke "ls" in FreeBSD? and why? Message-ID: <20001031053430.X4137@hand.dotat.at> In-Reply-To: <200010241757.LAA17136@harmony.village.org> References: <20001024081136.K1604@puck.firepipe.net> <scott@scottyelich.com> <12367.972372237@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <20001024081136.K1604@puck.firepipe.net> <200010241757.LAA17136@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh <imp@village.org> wrote: > >For normal users, ls -a lists all files, not counting . and .., but >for root it does list all files. No, it always lists all files. >ls -A lists all files for normal users, but omits . and .. for root. No, it always lists all files except for "." and "..". -A is on by default for root with most versions of ls, notably not including GNU ls. Tony. -- en oeccget g mtcaa f.a.n.finch v spdlkishrhtewe y dot@dotat.at eatp o v eiti i d. fanf@covalent.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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