Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 02:33:25 -0800 From: Mike Makonnen <mike_makonnen@yahoo.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: ru@freebsd.org, sheldonh@starjuice.net, audit@freebsd.org, bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/33187: ls -dF and trailing slashes Message-ID: <200201101033.g0AAXPd03715@blackbox.pacbell.net> In-Reply-To: <20020110145750.U10820-100000@gamplex.bde.org> References: <20020109161906.N41379@sunbay.com> <20020110145750.U10820-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:04:31 +1100 (EST) Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> wrote: > It also breaks ls of symlinks. E.g.: > > $ ls -lF /var/crash /var/crash/ > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 8 Mar 5 2001 /var/crash@ -> /c/crash > > /var/crash/: > total 145202 > -rw-r--r-- 1 4294967294 wheel 2 Jan 9 14:44 bounds > -rw-r--r-- 1 4294967294 wheel 2630180 Jan 9 14:45 kernel.4 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5 May 19 1994 minfree > -rw------- 1 4294967294 wheel 14680064 Nov 24 21:06 vmcore.1 > -rw------- 1 4294967294 wheel 1048576 Nov 24 21:09 vmcore.2 > -rw------- 1 4294967294 wheel 7053312 Jan 7 14:16 vmcore.3 > -rw------- 1 4294967294 wheel 268435456 Jan 9 14:45 vmcore.4 I realize the pr has been suspended, but just to set the record straight... this is not caused by the patch. The patch only comes into effect when both -d and -F are specified. > I think the slash should be stripped in the output at most. Yeah, you're right. I also just found out ls(1) will accept ``ls /usr////////''. So, should all trailing '/' be stripped on output or is it not worth the effort/POSIX compliance/whatever ? Cheers, mike makonnen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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