dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan) (10/11/88)
I found a bug in the 1.2 version of 'ls'. I fixed it, and refrained from
posting the diffs, because I thought it might have been fixed in 1.3x.
It hasn't. Here is the bug report. The diffs will follow, as soon as I
get them off my home machine...
BUG:
'ls' displays files beginning with '.'
If I have a directory with the following files;
.
..
.newsrc
test
When I type 'ls -l' I get;
.newsrc
test
When I type 'ls -al' I get everything. As I understand it, this is
incorrect. The .newsrc file should only be displayed if I use the
-a option. Does anyone have a comment on this? I do not have first-
hand experience on V7, but I *do* know this is wrong on BSD and SysV.
- Der
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In article <2569@sultra.UUCP> dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan) writes: >I found a bug in the 1.2 version of 'ls'... > 'ls' displays files beginning with '.' ... > ... As I understand it, this is > incorrect. [. files] should only be displayed if I use the > -a option. Does anyone have a comment on this? Alas, you lose: V7 ls displayed everything except . and .. by default. V6 ls didn't, but V7 ls did. Many people considered this change a mistake and fixed their V7 ls to match V6 behavior, mind you... -- The meek can have the Earth; | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology the rest of us have other plans.|uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu