torkell@ifi.uio.no (Torkel Lodberg) (05/08/91)
I have a problem with LS (the Un*x 'dir' type program). The thing normally works perfectly all right, but when I enter 'ls work:' (work: is the physical device name of my A3000 hard-drive, like fh0: ...), the da.... thing locks up and I have to reboot the machine. I use version 4.0k, is there a later version? T.Lodberg
beust@taloa.unice.fr (Cedric Beust) (05/14/91)
In article <CMM.0.90.2.673696134.torkell@kvart.ifi.uio.no>, torkell@ifi.uio.no (Torkel Lodberg) writes: : I have a problem with LS (the Un*x 'dir' type program). The thing : normally works perfectly all right, but when I enter 'ls work:' : (work: is the physical device name of my A3000 hard-drive, like : fh0: ...), the da.... thing locks up and I have to reboot the machine. : : I use version 4.0k, is there a later version? ls 4.0 did a very weird thing to me, and I decided to switch back to 3.1. After installing it, I tried a 'ls'. Worked fine. And then a 'cd /' and another 'ls' and there... nothing! I checked out with the old 'dir' command and there was definitely something there. But ls just wouldn't display it. So I tried a 'ls -la 'and everything appeared. And so did the reason of this behavior. ls 4.1 had misinterpreted the protection flags on directories, and read that the 'hidden' flag was on, so it wouldn't display any of them. And of course, there were only directories in the directory where I was. Even now, it seems so enormous that I can hardly imagine I didn't dream, but I tried several times and it happened again and again. Anyone else got this? +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Cedric BEUST University of Nice | | INET: beust@taloa.unice.fr $whoami | | UUCP: llaor.unice.fr!arkonis!beust god (personal alias) | | -- "To be, or not to be...", | | That is illogical, captain! | | -- Spock | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
ewilts@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca (Ed Wilts) (05/15/91)
In article <103@taloa.unice.fr>, beust@taloa.unice.fr (Cedric Beust) writes: > In article <CMM.0.90.2.673696134.torkell@kvart.ifi.uio.no>, torkell@ifi.uio.no (Torkel Lodberg) writes: > : I have a problem with LS (the Un*x 'dir' type program). The thing > : normally works perfectly all right, but when I enter 'ls work:' > : (work: is the physical device name of my A3000 hard-drive, like > : fh0: ...), the da.... thing locks up and I have to reboot the machine. > : > : I use version 4.0k, is there a later version? > > ls 4.0 did a very weird thing to me, and I decided to switch back to 3.1. > Try ls4.1ljr from Loren Rittle. It works fine for me on my A3000 under 2.02. It's availalbe on ab20 and on MRCserv and has been around since November. I had problems with earlier versions on my new system, but 4.1ljr is rock solid. -- .../Ed Preferrred: Ed.Wilts@BSC.Galaxy.BCSystems.Gov.BC.CA Ed Wilts Alternate: EdWilts@BCSC02.BITNET (604) 389-3430 B.C. Systems Corp., 4000 Seymour Place, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8X 4S8