Let me start out by saying that I think that ls  is not working the way
I expect it.

If I do a ls -la in the directory that contains symbolic links, the links
are displayed, such as:

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           16 Dec  4 11:01 mysql -> /usr/local/mysql

But, if I do a ls -al on mysql, I get:

total 0
drwxrwxr-x    2 root     users        4096 Dec  4 10:59 .
drwxr-xr-x   18 root     root         4096 Dec  4 10:59 ..


Sorry, not the expected behaviour.  I do not want it to traverse the link.
So, to the man page I went.  I see a -L option.  so I try it:

total 0
drwxrwxr-x    2 root     users        4096 Dec  4 10:59 .
drwxr-xr-x   18 root     root         4096 Dec  4 10:59 ..


Same damn result.  Yes, the directory is currently empty.

I am running RH 7.1 and want ls to return to the old behaviour of not
traversing symbolic links, or have an option that works.

Is there an option that works, or do I need to submit a bug to the e-mail
address listed in the man page?

MB
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