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Article #1529Re: GNU ls bug
From: Greg Onufer
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1989 19:52
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1989 19:52
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In article <8903300354.AA14076@paris.Berkeley.EDU>, mcgrath%paris.Berkeley.EDU@GINGER.BERKELEY.EDU (Roland McGrath) writes: > If foo is a symlink to a directory, `ls foo' should > behave as if it were an actual directory; i.e., it should > list the contents of the directory, rather than `foo@' (under -F). The behaviour as you describe it is correct in the sense that all versions of 'ls' I have used to date behave the same way (most notably SunOS and other (?) BSD derivatives. This does not mean that the behaviour is not annoying.... The rationale may be that symbolic links are sort of like files themselves, even if the name they contain points to a directory. -- Greg Onufer .. University of the Pacific .. Focus Semiconductor .. greg@cheers.uucp .. cheers!greg@lll-winken.llnl.gov .. 209-957-3963
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!netsys!lll-winken!cheers!exodus From: exodus@cheers.UUCP (Greg Onufer) Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug Subject: Re: GNU ls bug Summary: Doesn't look like this is a bug Message-ID: <226@cheers.UUCP> Date: 30 Mar 89 19:52:22 GMT References: <8903300354.AA14076@paris.Berkeley.EDU> Distribution: gnu Organization: Cheers Bar & Grill Lines: 17