On 4/28/05, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > #ls as
> > > > af
> > > > #ls -l as
> > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2 Apr 27 19:38 as -> ad
Note that af (a file) does not equal as (a symlink). Let's look at
the man page:
-l use a long listing format
Note that it says nothi
t takahashi wrote:
> This is hilarious -- a program whose basic form has existed since
> around the first moon landing has either you or me very confused.
>
> On 4/27/05, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > #ls as
> > > af
>
> af is the contents of the directory.
Yes.
> > > #ls -l as
>
This is hilarious -- a program whose basic form has existed since
around the first moon landing has either you or me very confused.
On 4/27/05, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > #ls as
> > af
af is the contents of the directory.
> > #ls -l as
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2 Apr 27 19:38 as
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> #mkdir ad
> #touch ad/af
> #ln -s ad as
> #ls as
> af
> #ls -l as
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2 Apr 27 19:38 as -> ad
>
> Please document this if it is supposed to behave that way.
It is supposed to behave that way. But your statement confuses me.
What other way would yo
Package: coreutils
Version: 5.2.1-2
Severity: normal
#mkdir ad
#touch ad/af
#ln -s ad as
#ls as
af
#ls -l as
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2 Apr 27 19:38 as -> ad
Please document this if it is supposed to behave that way.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Li
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