On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 09:34:49AM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote: > OT disclaimer... what controls the standard date abbreviation? On some > Linux systems 'ls -l' displays the year, on others it doesn't. 'finger' > duplicates the behavior, so it appears to be some heinous system-wide > setting.
A search of newsgroups using the keywords "ls -l", "date" and "time" will provide better explanations than I can give. Adding "six months" would narrow down the search. > BTW: I've found the --full-time option for ls, but still want to know > how to set default behavior. How about an alias in your .bashrc? alias ls="/bin/ls --full-time". Brian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]