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Re: Cygwin 1.3.17 changes ls -l output
- From: Jason Tishler <jason at tishler dot net>
- To: Tim and Kathy Andvaag <andvaag at sasktel dot net>
- Cc: Cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 20:47:23 -0500
- Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.3.17 changes ls -l output
- References: <000801c2a910$7e9378c0$7300a8c0@bubbalouey>
Tim,
Please post instead of sending private email.
On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 10:46:22AM -0600, Tim and Kathy Andvaag wrote:
> Note that is appears to be also a problem for client (i.e internet
> explorer) ftp access as the trailing + output by ls (withing ftpd)
> seems to confuse the ftp client.
>
> Tim
>
> Cygwin 1.3.17 changes ls -l output
>
> * From: Jason Tishler <jason at tishler dot net>
> * To: Cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
> * Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 07:36:49 -0500
> * Subject: Cygwin 1.3.17 changes ls -l output
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> After upgrading to Cygwin 1.3.17, I noticed the following change in ls
> -l output:
>
> $ ls -ld /
> drwxrwxr-x+ 15 Administ Administ 4096 Oct 21 12:07 /
> ^
> *
>
> If I temporarily downgrade to Cygwin 1.3.16, ls -l outputs the
> following:
>
> $ ls -ld /
> drwxrwxr-x 15 Administ Administ 4096 Oct 21 12:07 /
>
> I found the following in ls's info:
>
> `-l'
> `--format=long'
> `--format=verbose'
> ...
> Following the permission bits is a single character that
> specifies whether an alternate access method applies to the
> file. When that character is a space, there is no alternate
> access method. When it is a printing character (e.g., `+'),
> then there is such a method.
>
> Was this change intentional? Or, was it a side effect of the
> following?
>
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 07:15:17PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > - Fix Sun acl functions. (Corinna Vinschen, Pierre Humblet)
Jason
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