Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:35:23 -0700 From: Jeremy Lea <reg@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Scott D. Yelich" <scott@scottyelich.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Who broke "ls" in FreeBSD? and why? Message-ID: <20001023223522.A76688@shale.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0010232253210.23207-100000@hackme.spy.org>; from scott@scottyelich.com on Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 10:59:21PM -0600 References: <4.3.1.1.20001023213452.00b84740@ns.live.com> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0010232253210.23207-100000@hackme.spy.org>
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Hi,
On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 10:59:21PM -0600, Scott D. Yelich wrote:
> ps: this isn't "smart" or "cute" ... this is very wrong and very broken.
Without -A, you can't tell if a directory really is empty. Do an ls -R,
followed by an rm -r (once you've established that you don't want the
files that you see...). Or try scaning for bogus security related
files (like .rhosts) in a users directory.
This has been the default since the file was imported into CVS, and I
suspect it's been the default since BSD ls was first written. That it's
not the behaviour of GNU ls is just scary, and one more reason why I'm
glad I never go near Linux.
Regards,
-Jeremy
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