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Re: [1.7] Updated: cygwin-1.7.0-63


Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert <at> alum.mit.edu> writes:

> Thanks, Eric.  I tried this but could not get what I wanted:
> 
> LTDENA-REISERT:c/Home> ls -al --time-style="posix-long-iso"
> 
> -rwx------  1 reisert        Domain Users    3326 2009-10-30 12:51 .XWinrc
> -rwx------  1 reisert        Users            663 2009-02-26 10:37 .Xdefaults
> 
> From the info link you sent me, it says:
> 
>     `posix-STYLE'
>           List POSIX-locale timestamps if the `LC_TIME' locale category
>           is POSIX, STYLE timestamps otherwise.  For example, the
>           `posix-long-iso' style lists timestamps like `Mar 30  2002'
>           and `Mar 30 23:45' when in the POSIX locale, and like
>           `2002-03-30 23:45' otherwise.
> 
> I must not be in a POSIX LOCALE, then.  LC_TIME isn't defined,  nor is 
LOCALE.
> 
> How do I make this work, while maintaining:
> 
>     LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> 
> - Jim

You might try "LANG=en_us.UTF-8" (Note the lower-case "us").  It seems to 
change the time formatting used by ls.  But I don't understand how or why, nor 
do I know if it will break whatever else you're using LANG for.
-- 
Eric Backus




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